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PhonePe to Embed ChatGPT Across Its Apps in Phased India Rollout

The first phase offers multilingual AI help for everyday tasks, stopping short of UPI payment authorisation.

Overview

  • ChatGPT will be discoverable inside the PhonePe consumer app, the PhonePe for Business app, and the Indus Appstore.
  • The rollout begins with assistance and discovery use cases such as trip planning, shopping comparisons, and bill or policy queries within the app.
  • PhonePe for Business will introduce opt-in tools that help merchants draft replies, offers, and product descriptions with a gradual expansion.
  • The integration is non‑agentic at launch and does not enable UPI payment authorisation, reflecting current compliance limits.
  • The move coincides with a broader India AI push, including OpenAI’s limited one‑year free ChatGPT Go offer and recent tie‑ups by Paytm, Reliance with Google, and Airtel.