<s>
Hooked	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
where	O
users	O
create	O
and	O
read	O
chat	O
fiction	O
,	O
short	O
pieces	O
of	O
fiction	O
told	O
in	O
the	O
format	O
of	O
text	O
messages	O
between	O
fictional	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hooked	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
freemium	O
smartphone	B-Application
app	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
or	O
read	O
short	O
stories	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
text	O
messages	O
between	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CEO	O
Prerna	O
Gupta	O
described	O
the	O
app	O
as	O
"	O
books	O
for	O
the	O
Snapchat	B-Application
generation	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Twitter	O
for	O
fiction.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
app	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
featured	O
about	O
200	O
stories	O
that	O
were	O
written	O
by	O
professional	O
authors	O
selected	O
by	O
the	O
app	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Telepathic	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
share	O
their	O
own	O
short	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hooked	B-Operating_System
had	O
1.8million	O
downloads	O
by	O
2016	O
and	O
20	O
million	O
download	O
as	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
which	O
generated	O
$6.5	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
response	O
to	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
prompted	O
others	O
to	O
create	O
similar	O
text-message	O
based	O
short	O
story	O
apps	O
,	O
like	O
Yarn	O
and	O
Tap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
was	O
conceived	O
when	O
Gupta	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
writing	O
a	O
book	O
of	O
her	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
created	O
Telepathic	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
developed	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Telepathic	O
has	O
raised	O
$6million	O
in	O
funding	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
support	O
the	O
Hooked	B-Operating_System
app	O
.	O
</s>
