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A day after Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra committed an investment of $1 mn in social media start-up Hapramp, its creative social media app GoSocial saw unprecedented traffic due to which the

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra flanked by Hapramp co-founders Pratyush Singh (extreme left) and Shubhendra Vikram
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Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra flanked by Hapramp co-founders Pratyush Singh (extreme left) and Shubhendra Vikram

T E Narasimhan Chennai
On June 11, a day after well-known industrialist and chairman of Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra committed an investment of $1 million in social media start-up Hapramp, its creative social media app GoSocial saw unprecedented traffic due to which the app's server crashed for some time.

"The last time I remember such a crash was when @disneyplus launched #babyyoda in #StarWars #Mandalorian. Yesterday, our servers couldn't keep up with the overwhelming love from everyone! But we are back now, with more infra," tweeted Jaspreet Bindra, mentor of the company and former Senior Vice President-Digital Transformation (equivalent to the Chief Digital Officer)