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Perplexity AI's India Traffic Makes It the Fastest-Growing Search Alternative for Tech Professionals
Perplexity AI reported India as its fastest-growing market by new user acquisition in 2025, with particularly strong adoption among engineering students, developers, and tech professionals using it as a real-time research tool. Unlike ChatGPT, Perplexity cites sources inline and pulls current information, making it more actionable for technical research tasks.
What This Means for Your Career
For Indian professionals doing research, competitive analysis, or technical documentation, Perplexity is worth integrating into daily workflow. Its "Pro Search" mode with Sonar models is particularly good for pulling current salary benchmarks, tech stack comparisons, and company research — tasks that previously required manual Googling across 10 tabs. Think of it as a citation-ready Google with reasoning.
Source: Perplexity AI - Read original
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