Swadeshi Micro-blog App, Koo, to connect India

Honorable PM Narendra Modi declares Koo as India’s Aatmanirbhar App

Koo App is anIndian micro-blogging platform, like Twitter, in Indian Vernacular languages. It helps people express themselves in their mother tongue. Koo was launched in March 2020. It is available in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali also.

In a few months since launch Koo has become the largestmicro-blog in India in Indian vernacular languages. It has the highest number of thoughts and opinions being shared in Indian languages compared to any other micro-blog.

Koo App was declared as one of the winners of the AatmaNirbhar App Innovation Challenge held by the government recently. Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi also encouraged Indians to use Koo to express themselves in Indian languages.

Many prominent personalities have joined the platform since its launch 6 months back. Some of the notable ones are Sadhguru, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Karnataka Chief Minister, B S Yediyurappa, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayana, Former Cricketers Anil Kumble and JavagalSrinath, Former Prime Minister H D Devegowda, Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Kumar Vishwas, Bollywood celebrities like Ashish Vidyarthi and Ashutosh Rana among many others. They have a substantial following on Koo and share their thoughts with fellow Indians every day.

Users get an immersive language experience when they use Koo in their mother tongue. Hindi is the largest language on Koo and people really appreciate getting the community together on the basis of their mother tongue. Koo is the highest rated app in the news category with more than 1 million downloads.

People from all walks of life are on Koo – Politicians, Fraternity of the Film Industry, Sports stars, Authors, Writers, Poets, Singers, Composers, Journalists, Editors and lakhs of users across 1000s of different professions. It’s common to see Koos from Farmers, Drivers, Carpenters and certain sections of the society whose voices are never heard elsewhere.

MayankBidawatka, Co-founder of Koo said, “We are very happy to become the largest Indian languages micro-blogging platform in 6 months from launch. It shows the gap that Indian language speakers faced in expressing themselves. There is a strong sentiment from the government and citizens to be self-reliant and to use products that are made in India.

Koo has created a safe place for Indians to share thoughts witheach other and their favourite personalities and express their viewsin their mother tongue. We are honored to be recognized by the Government and PM Narendra Modi as an Aatmanirbhar App. Koo has been designed to become the voice of India!”

AprameyaRadhakrishna, Co-founder & CEO of Koo said, “Koo is being used by some of the most expressive and interesting Indians to share their thoughts, talents and updates with the rest of India. 90% of India speaks a non-english Indian language. Koo has been designed to cater to these users because we believe in the power and affinity Indians have with their mother tongue. There are many

English internet products, but very few internet products in Indian native languages. We have successfully enabled healthy expression of thoughts on Koo. We look forward to many more Indian language users to use Koo to connect with like-minded people and share their thoughts with India.”

About Koo & Koo Founders

Koo is India’s micro-blogging platform in India’s vernacular languages. People can express themselves in their mother tongue using text, audio or video. Users can follow others and follow their thoughts and opinions. Koo is available in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi and will be made available in 25+ other Indian languages too. Koo is available on Android, iOS and has a website too.

Koo has been founded by AprameyaRadhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. AprameyaRadhakrishna is a serial entrepreneur and was the Founder of TaxiForSure in his previous avatar. He is a Kannadiga who was born and brought up in Bengaluru.

He did his Engineering from NIT Surathkal and his MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. Mayank Bidawatka is a serial entrepreneur too. He was a part of the management team at redBus and founded multiple other internet ventures after that. He is a Rajasthani, born and brought up in Mumbai. He is an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Manila.