Koo to Shut Down After Four Years of Operations

New Delhi: The Indian startup Koo that was started in 2020 as a competitor to Twitter (now known as X) is shutting down.

The company started by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka has decided to cease operations after acquisition talks with “multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates and media houses” failed.

Koo was one of several companies that attempted to create alternatives for US-based social service platforms in India.

In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Koo founders Radhakrishna and Bidawatka said that Koo would be shut down after acquisition discussions with “multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates, and media houses” failed to materialise.

Koo had around 10 million monthly active users and 2.1 million daily active users at its peak. When Twitter and the government of India locked horns over content takedown requests, the Koo app grew in popularity. In 2022, Koo crossed the 50 million user mark.