Koo

The Bengaluru-based startup, backed by Blume Ventures and General Catalyst, uses facial recognition and encrypted on-device AI to enable automatic, consent-based photo exchanges between friends.

Koo Closure: A wake-up call for new-age entrepreneurs to up their innovation game

A greater focus on groundbreaking innovation of a global scale can ensure continued high resonance for the offerings among the target audience and, in the process, make the business more sustainable

Social media startup Koo to shut down after acquisition talks fail

Koo co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka said they will now evaluate making the company's assets into a digital public good to enable social conversations in native languages around the world.

Future salaries can only be paid out once Koo finds a buyer: Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka

The Tiger Global-backed company has raised $65 million so far from Accel, 3one4 Capital, Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Kalaari Capital and several others

Koo needs fresh funding or strategic partnership to continue its growth: Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka

Koo, once a high-flying startup, had also roped in Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan as investors. It had even positioned itself to take on X (formerly Twitter) but now cannot scale without an M&A or fresh capital.

Microblogging website Koo continues to see declining active users

The microblogging website, touted as a desi alternative to Twitter, saw monthly active users fall to about 3.1 million in April 2023, in the third straight month of decline this year. Company says it is well-capitalised and remains positive about building a social media platform from India for the world.

The layoff story at Koo: Hush-hush agreements, but nothing written, led to forced resignations

The Tiger Global-backed startup has trimmed 30% of its 260-member workforce, or about 80 employees, over the past year or so.

Tiger Global-backed Koo trims workforce by 30%

Founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, Koo has so far raised over $70 million from investors like Accel, Blume Ventures, Kalaari Capital, 3one4 Capital and others.

Twitter's Indian rival Koo fires 30% staff on funding crunch: Report

Initially, Koo benefited from Twitter’s spat with Indian authorities over the content on its platform as many citizens, including government officials and Bollywood celebrities, flocked to the microblogging application as a local alternative

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The Tech Weekender | Top news from the world of technology this week

Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes for the launch of mixed reality headset, Twitter rival Koo jumps on the AI bandwagon, Microsoft announces AI Copilot for Office 365 apps and more as generative artificial intelligence war gets fierce

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Twitter rival Koo integrates ChatGPT to help users create content

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence bot that can create prose in response to prompts and has set off a tech industry craze over generative AI.

Amid Twitter chaos, Koo offers to migrate historic tweets to escape 'intellectual assassination'

Since taking over Twitter in a USD 44 billion deal in October, Elon Musk has sacked its employees, overhauled its moderation policies, put a price for account verification, and restored previously banned accounts including that of former US President Donald Trump.

Twitter suspends Indian rival Koo’s queries account, co-founder slams Elon Musk

Under Elon Musk, Twitter has abruptly banned competitors and top journalists critical of the new boss.

Jobs: It’s not all gloom and doom; these Indian start-ups are hiring

Start-ups, especially in the early stages, have been on a hiring spree for tech talent. However, average pay packages have dropped 12-18% year on year.

Koo logs over 1 million downloads within two days of launch in Brazil

Twitter-rival Koo aims to further cement its position globally by making the app available to more countries and launching in multiple global languages.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joins Koo

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has 7 million followers on Twitter and 4.9 million followers on Facebook, joined Koo on November 1.

‘Won’t charge Rs 1600 per month’: Koo CEO asks Twitter users to switch over blue tick row

The co-founder and CEO of Koo, Aprameya Radhakrishna, urged Twitter users to “switch to Koo” amid reports that Twitter is planning to start charging its users for a blue tick verification badge.

Tiger Global-backed Koo lays off employees to streamline business

The Koo spokesperson said that the company’s workforce was streamlined to meet current business requirements as Koo is currently going through a rapid growth phase.

What entrepreneurs need to keep in mind while building products for next billion

Koo’s co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna, Amazon’s Head - Strategic Initiatives - Public Sector Deepti Dutt, Zomato’s Chief Technology Officer Gunjan Patidar, and Delhivery co-founder Suraj Saharan weigh in

Koo makes algorithms public; pledges commitment to transparency, neutrality

Algorithms are a set of mathematical rules that help to personalise and improve experiences for users based on their own behaviours and preferences.

Twitter rival Koo launches self-verification feature to reduce trolling, create accountability

Koo had recently launched the beta version of the feature on its platform and about 5,000 users have self-verified their accounts since then.

Koo tests giving users power to self-verify to get one up on rival Twitter

A verified profile on social media such as Twitter and Instagram -- typically marked by a badge or tick next to the profile name -- gives the user credibility because it means the service has confirmed the authenticity of the person.

Koo founder invites Elon Musk to join Twitter rival after free speech poll

Koo founder Aprameya Radhakrishna also retweeted Elon Musk’s tweet and called it “interesting”.