Hi everyone, I m Bigyan, founder & CEO of The Drive AI.

Over the last few years, I ve noticed something strange we have AI that can write essays, code apps, and even generate videos but when it comes to files, we re still stuck in the past. We create them, rename them, move them, share them, and organize them manually one by one like it s 2005.

That s why we built The Drive AI the world s first agentic workspace, where your files can actually work for you. Instead of just storing them, our AI agents can:

Last week, OpenAI announced a full-year free subscription for Indian users starting November 4.
On top of that, they ve rolled out a Learning Accelerator program offering 5 lakh ChatGPT licenses to students and educators, and begun hiring engineers in Bengaluru.

So why the sudden focus?

Here s my take:

• India is now OpenAI s 2nd-largest user base, and probably the fastest-growing.

• By locking in early brand trust and language familiarity, OpenAI is essentially building a moat for the next billion users.

• The country has 700 million + internet users, but very low per-capita SaaS/AI spending. That s a huge conversion opportunity.

• Local competition is heating up as Perplexity, Gemini, and even smaller Indian startups are fighting for daily-use adoption.