India, Oct. 1 -- India has emerged as the biggest market by user base for Perplexity and it is now planning to set up a team in India, the AI startup's cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas said.

In an interview with ET, Srinivas said that the startup has seen a rapid rise in its user base in the country following its partnership with telecom major Bharti Airtel. "India is our biggest market by user base right now and is growing very fast. The Airtel partnership continues on our carrier strategy that we have already run in other countries," Srinivas said.

The CEO said that Perplexity quickly hit the number one rank on the ioS App Store after it announced its partnership with Airtel, which shows a high overlap with iPhone users.

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