Mappls MapmyIndia has signalled its interest in partnering with Perplexity AI after Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas remarked that “maps are the hardest.” The company responded publicly by highlighting its long-running mapping work in India and extended an open invitation to Perplexity for collaboration, similar to its existing partnership with Zoho.
In its response, MapmyIndia underlined that it has been building detailed maps of India since 1995 — down to house-number-level precision — across urban and rural locations. The company said this scale and granularity has taken decades of on-ground and continuous data updating work, which even large global platforms have not replicated easily.
The company framed maps not just as location datasets but as infrastructure that powers logistics, governance, mobility, commerce and day-to-day consumer use cases at national scale.
Partnership history and pitch to Perplexity
Referring to its recent partnership with Zoho, MapmyIndia said it is open to add Perplexity AI as a partner as well. The company’s messaging positioned itself as a ready-to-integrate, locally matured mapping stack for AI-first products, hinting that a Perplexity integration could mirror or extend the Zoho use case across search, assistants and enterprise contexts.
The move also signals MapmyIndia’s intent to position itself inside the foundation layer of Indian AI ecosystems rather than functioning only as a standalone navigation brand.
User adoption and expansion
Mappls MapmyIndia stated that its mapping and navigation apps are currently trusted by over 35 million users in India and are now expanding globally. The company framed its product as a “swadeshi” alternative built in India for Indian needs and export-ready for global use.
The firm described maps as the foundation of a country’s digital future and said its mapping infrastructure already powers people, businesses and governments with location intelligence.
The company closed its statement by inviting users to download and adopt the Mappls MapmyIndia app through its official link and reiterated its positioning as a locally built mapping backbone ready for AI-layer partnerships.
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