Koo’s flight cut short: Twitter challenger grounded by merger collapse

Beleaguered microblogging platform Koo, once seen as a home-grown rival to social media giant X (formerly Twitter), has shut down its operations, the company’s founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.

“Here’s the final update from our end. Our partnership talks fell through, and we will be discontinuing our service to the public. We explored partnerships with multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates, and media houses, but these talks didn’t yield the outcome we wanted,” Radhakrishna said.