We Asked 4 AIs if Pi Network (PI) Will Hit $1 in Q1: The Answers Are Surprising

ChatGPT puts the odds at 10-15%, but what do Grok, Perplexity, and Gemini estimate?

Many of the leading cryptocurrencies have posted solid gains over the past several days as the market started the year on the right foot. Pi Network’s PI has also headed north, albeit charting only a minor uptick.

The asset’s investors might be wondering whether a more significant pump is coming in the short term, so we asked four of the most popular AI-powered chatbots if an ascent to $1 is possible throughout the first quarter of 2026.

‘Very Unlikely’

ChatGPT is quite pessimistic that PI, currently trading around $0.21, can skyrocket to $1 in Q1. It noted that the asset needs a triple-digit upward move in a very short time, and that is unlikely to happen without “strong organic demand.”

The chatbot claimed that PI’s liquidity remains weak and that there is no decisive catalyst on the horizon that can trigger such an explosive push. It stated that there is only a 10-15% chance that the price will hit the psychological $1 level before the start of April, whereas the most probable scenario is the $0.30-$0.50 range. Grok, the chatbot integrated within the social media platform X, shared a similar forecast:

“Reaching $1 in Q1 would require a roughly 5x increase from current levels in a very short time, pushing the market cap to over $8 billion. While the crypto markets are volatile, current data and forecasts do not support this.”

Grok named limited real-world utility, low trading volume, and the upcoming token unlocks as the main obstacles to PI’s price making a decisive breakout. It estimated that over 1.2 billion coins are scheduled for release this year: a factor that can result in increased selling pressure.

Data shows that around 131.7 million PI will be freed up in the next 30 days alone. This may sound substantial, but in some of the previous months, the unlocks were far more aggressive.

PI Needs the Perfect Storm

Perplexity and Google’s Gemini were a bit more optimistic. The former claimed that PI can rise to $1 in Q1 if a leading exchange lists the token and if Pi Network’s team releases a major update focused on advancing the entire ecosystem.

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One such platform can be Binance. Last year, it was rumored that it might embrace PI, and the team even held a community vote to gauge users’ general take on the matter. While over 85% of the participants voted in favor of the asset, it remains unavailable on the exchange.

Gemini also claimed that backing from a giant like Binance can push PI’s price to as high as $1. However, it argued that such a development is more likely to occur later in the year, not throughout the first quarter.