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[cormack12]

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/pl...kers-about-opening-itself-up-to-shareholders/

...the New York Times reports that Discord head honchos have been meeting with investment bankers to talk about an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this year.

Back in 2021, quoth the NYT, Discord was valued at around $15 billion, which is just the kind of number to make company bosses start slavering at the potential lucre that'd come from putting it on the stock market.

There is some reason to hope. The NYT's anonymous sources stressed that the talks between Discord and the bankers are just exploratory for the moment, and any IPO inclinations among Discord brass could still change. Likewise, a Discord spokesperson told the NYT it had no comment as to whether it is or isn't considering an IPO.

 

[Yoshichan]

i'll pay a dollar per share for it

 

[onQ123]

1 minute Microsoft is buying them then Sony & now we will be buying them

Discord is a high dollar ho

 

[T4keD0wN]

 

[bender]

Discord, like a lot of things, makes me feel old. I hate the readability of it.

 

[MALpractice311]

Thanks for the heads up. I've officially deleted my account.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Another pillar falls.

 

[Pop]

Its about to be over

 

[BWJinxing]

It sounds like discord is going to become a massive data source for AI training

 

[LavitzSlambert]

They already lock a ton of features to Nitro.

Spoiler: We back boiz

 

[Durin]

Guess they had a good run, let the enshittification commence.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

More monetary bullshit features incoming.

 

[Loomy]

Is this the longest IPO exploration in history?

Or is this another scheme to get investors onboard by lifting their skirt a little bit before they start another funding round?

My guess is the latter and by end of summer we get Series I funding @ $200m