Koo founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka wrote in a LinkedIn post that since talks for a strategic partner fell through, they have decided to cease operations.
Co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna & Mayank Bidawatka said the platform will discontinue its services as partnership talks failed with multiple larger internet firms, media houses.
Koo's co-founder Mayank Bidawatka said about 20% of the platform's users actively create content on the app and the ChatGPT integration could help increase that figure.
Some don't care for it, others say it's a 'good backup for India'. According to CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna, parties can use it to reach wider audience in their native language.
The banned handle was used to tweet updates about its process of designating user accounts of eminence with a yellow verification badge, similar to Twitter’s blue verification badge.
Koo became the top app in Brazil just 48 hours after it was launched in the South American country of over 160 million internet users, the company announced on 21 November.
When Kangana Ranaut faced a permanent ban on Twitter last year, she turned to Koo. Aprameya Radhakrishna, Koo’s CEO, tells ThePrint why he doesn’t believe in such permanent bans.
The 16-month-old Koo allows users to send tweet-like posts in English & 7 Indian languages. It saw about 85% of users join since February, when Twitter’s disputes with Modi govt escalated.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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