Two major announcements in 2025 have marked an enormous move by OpenAI: the launch of its mid-tier AI chatbot subscription, ChatGPT Go, free for one year to Indian users, and signing Amazon Web Services (AWS) up to a whopping $38 billion cloud computing deal. Not only does this broaden OpenAI’s AI availability, it also multiplies its computing infrastructure capabilities to support future AI breakthroughs and global distribution.
ChatGPT Go Now Free for Indian Users
0This is the first sentence. Systemseveryone, We are letting Indian users access OpenAI’s ChatGPT Go for free for a year starting from today.” Typically available for around Rs 400 a month, ChatGPT Go increases capabilities with support for the new GPT-5 model. Those features include faster response times, larger message limits (ten times as much as allowed for free-tier users), image creation and editing capabilities, file uploads, and smarter AI interactions courtesy of personalized memory.
The promotion is open to new and existing users in India with accounts in good standing. You can access it via the ChatGPT web portal or the Android app (iOS support coming soon). The launch also underscores OpenAI’s intent to grow its market share in the burgeoning Indian tech space, after the US, it is the second-largest market for active ChatGPT users.
Although there was some initial user dissatisfaction with UPI payment integration during launch, the free plan for ChatGPT Go seeks to democratise advanced AI and ensure elite AI tools are available to students, professionals, and businesses, all without a paywall, for a year. Key features include increased limits on the number of messages and tasks, storage space up to double the previous maximum for custom conversations, improved Indic language support, and file-based knowledge with insights into your own documents in addition to internet results.
OpenAI’s $38 Billion Cloud Computing Deal with Amazon
In a landmark infrastructure agreement first unveiled in early November 2025, OpenAI entered into a multiyear, $38bn contract with Amazon Web Services to acquire cloud computing services over 7 years. This deal represents OpenAI weaning itself off its former core dependency on Microsoft Azure and gives the AI giant greater access to computing firepower.
Under the partnership, OpenAI will get access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) hosted on AWS to exercise its new AI models at scale. Amazon will also create special AWS infrastructure, purpose-built for OpenAI’s rigorous AI workloads, with plans to fully deploy it by the end of 2026. This infrastructure supports OpenAI’s aspirations in “generative and agentic AI systems,” helping to enable products like ChatGPT – as well as future products.
This deal is among the most significant cloud agreements ever, offering a testament to surging demand for AI computing power in the wake of global AI competition. The move decreases Microsoft’s grip on OpenAI’s compute resources while offering a wider set of supply options, analysts note. Investors showed confidence in Amazon Web Services as a major provider of AI infrastructure, with the company’s stock hitting an all-time high after the deal news.
In addition to pacts with other tech giants, including Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, and Nvidia, the new AWS agreement dovetails neatly with OpenAI’s recent push to acquire technology and infrastructure aggressively. Yet, it is clear that despite the hype and influence OpenAI has generated, the organization is in dire financial straits with quarterly losses reaching into the billions (according to reports), reinforcing how costly open AI actually is.
Strategic Implications
OpenAI’s free ChatGPT Go and massive AWS cloud deal underscore its twin strategy for 2025: not just expanding AI access, especially in key emerging markets like India, but also significantly increasing the computational power needed for bleeding-edge AI research. The $38 billion AWS commitment guarantees that OpenAI can scale its infrastructure independently, driving AI research and applications worldwide.
The free ChatGPT Go subscription makes it easier for Indian users to access advanced AI tools, encouraging greater digital inclusion and innovation. OpenAI’s partnerships mean that the AI industry is in a more competitive race for cloud computing supremacy. As AI models grow larger and more complex, strong, scalable infrastructure becomes even more critical.
Even though OpenAI is still struggling with finances and operations, these projects put the company in a strong position to lead the next era of AI innovation by combining market growth and technological power.