OpenAI just launched "ChatGPT Go" in India at ₹399/month with UPI

Re:OpenAI just launched "ChatGPT Go" in India at ₹399/month ... by Aany1420 on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:26AM (#44948510)

This is the first time OpenAI has acknowledged that its default pricing model doesn’t scale globally.

Not everyone will pay $20/month. But everyone wants AI.

This India-only plan isn’t just localization, it’s market conditioning. Subsidized entry to hook a new user class, then upsell over time as usage becomes habitual. Feels like the beginning of a playbook we’ll see rolled out in LATAM, SEA, and Africa next

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Re:OpenAI just launched "ChatGPT Go" in India at ₹399/month ... by Manish123_ on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:27AM (#44948515)

100%, I think this also being driven by FOMO around how you can not leave biggest people centres aside...

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Re:OpenAI just launched "ChatGPT Go" in India at ₹399/month ... by Aany1420 on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:29AM (#44948524)

Exactly given that they've added UPI apart from credit cards as the payment method, says it all.

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