Koo Announces Plan to Set Up Hyderabad Development Centre: Details

Koo on Wednesday mentioned it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telangana authorities to open a improvement centre within the state. The multi-lingual social media platform envisions its presence within the area to develop in a big method as Hyderabad is an IT hub, boasting entry to a strong expertise ecosystem and a big pool of IT expertise, it mentioned in a launch. As a part of the MoU, the Telangana authorities will work collectively with Koo on using Telugu to extend attain amongst non-English audio system within the state.

The collaboration will even promote the wealthy legacy and heritage of Telugu as a language, along with the distinctive tradition of Telangana, the corporate mentioned.

The improvement centre will faucet into native expertise and promote synergies with stakeholders within the state, it added.

Speaking on the signing ceremony, Telangana IT Minister Okay T Rama Rao mentioned, “By collaborating with Koo, we are hopeful that our efforts to connect and engage with citizens for disseminating information and services of Telangana government will be augmented further.”

Aprameya Radhakrishna, co-founder and CEO, Koo, mentioned, “Language-based social media is the need of the hour, especially in a multi-lingual country like India. We are truly honoured and privileged to collaborate with the Telangana government to further our cause of empowering voices with digital freedom of expression. The development centre in Hyderabad will be a key enabler in this mission.”

Koo, a multi-lingual, micro-blogging platform was launched in March 2020 and at present it’s obtainable in 10 languages. The platform additionally presents a translation characteristic which permits real-time translation of a publish throughout supported languages, whereas retaining the sentiment and context of the unique textual content, the discharge mentioned.