aid: hooked
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hooked.png
name: Hooked
description: 'Hooked is a mobile entertainment company founded in 2015 by Prerna Gupta
  and Parag Chordia (Telepathic, Inc.) that pioneered the chat-fiction format: bite-sized,
  suspenseful stories read as simulated text-message conversations. Its flagship Hooked
  app reached #1 on the App Store and Google Play in more than 25 countries and over
  100 million viewers, and the company later launched Hooked TV, a short-form mobile
  video streaming service. Hooked uses data and AI to predict and produce hit short-form
  content distributed across its own apps and social platforms including TikTok, Instagram,
  Snapchat, and YouTube. It is backed by 500 Global, Cowboy Ventures, Sound Ventures,
  The Chernin Group, Founders Fund, and Greylock. Hooked does not currently publish
  a public API, developer portal, or SDK.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hooked/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-developer: Telepathic, Inc.
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- cowboy-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-api-surface: none
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Entertainment
- Media
- Streaming
- Video
- Mobile
- Consumer
- Content
- Storytelling
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://hooked.co
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://hooked.co/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hooked.co/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://hooked.co/contact
- type: AppStore
  url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hooked/id1024818709
- type: GooglePlay
  url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.telepathic.hooked
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hooked-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence