{"id":8808,"date":"2025-03-07T19:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/discord-considers-ipo\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T19:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:38:39","slug":"discord-considers-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/discord-considers-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord considers IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a report by the New York Times, Discord, a chat app with a massive user base of over 200 million monthly users, is currently in the early stages of discussing a potential initial public offering (IPO). The company&#8217;s talks with investment bankers are still in the exploratory phase, and its plans are subject to change, as per sources cited by the NYT <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/05\/technology\/discord-ipo.html\" target=\"_blank\">in the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When approached for comment, a Discord spokesperson stated that while the company is aware of the significant interest in its future plans, it does not comment on rumors or speculation, as reported by TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first instance of Discord considering an IPO. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, the San Francisco-based startup <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/04\/20\/discord-ipo-microsoft-deal]>opted out of a potential $10 billion acquisition by Microsoft<\/a> as it weighed the pros and cons of remaining independent and going public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last valuation of Discord was at $14.7 billion, which was determined during a $500 million fundraising round in 2021. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Discord is particularly popular among certain communities, such as video gamers and crypto enthusiasts, it has also <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/05\/29\/from-viggle-to-midjourney-discord-is-an-unlikely-foundation-for-the-genai-boom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">evolved into an unlikely hub for the AI boom<\/a>, with companies like Midjourney, which specializes in image generation, operating on its servers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/07\/discord-is-discussing-an-ipo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report by the New York Times, Discord, a chat app with a massive user base of over 200 million monthly users, is currently in the early stages&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1225,2807],"class_list":["post-8808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-discord","tag-ipos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/discord-app-logo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}