Podcast | Episode 75
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Company Profile
Discord
Website
discordapp.com/
About
Mobile social developer started by OpenFeint founder Jason Citron. Formerly known as Phoenix Guild.
Related People
Jason Citron
CEO
Articles featuring Discord
New Offerings
Discord launches wishlist feature for saving and showcasing cosmetic items
Friends can view a wishlist and gift items directly, with claimed gifts removed automatically
New Offerings
Discord expands Family Centre tools with new teen safety features
New parental controls also let guardians manage how Discord uses teen data and ads
Online Safety
US Congress calls on Twitch, Steam, Reddit, and Discord CEOs to testify on online radicalisation
The hearing is scheduled for October 8th 2025
Hot Five
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Everyone Wants A Piece
Everything is a games platform: Part two
Duolingo, Spotify, Netflix and others make moves in gaming
New Offerings
Discord launches social SDK for in-game voice and messaging integration
SDK gives developers access to Discord’s 200m monthly users
New Offerings
Discord launches Orbs to scale in-app rewards
Orbs give Discord users new ways to earn rewards and explore premium features like Nitro
Podcast | Episode 51
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Lawsuit
Update: Roblox and Discord hit with lawsuit over alleged sexual exploitation of minor
Despite being aware of safety tools on Roblox, the plaintiff's parents believed these measures were insufficient
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Hot Five: Apple’s DMA violation, Discord CEO steps down, and Blue Ocean Games launches $30m fund
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Week In Views
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Jobs Roundup
April 2025's Movers and Shakers: New CEOs at Discord and GoodVille, Supercell appoints head of marketing, and more
Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
Jobs News
Discord CEO steps down
Former King president Humam Sakhnini takes top job
Going Public
Discord could go public this year as IPO plans take shape
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are on board for planned flotation
Discord Features
Discord launches SDK to help developers integrate social features in games
Console and mobile support for the SDK is in the works
Games, Everwhere
Everything is a games platform
Discord, LinkedIn, Telegram - everyone wants in on gaming
No Longer Welcome
Turkey blocks Discord in latest social platform ban
"We are determined to protect our youth and children from the harmful publications of social media"
New Offerings
Discord Activities opens up to all developers to make games on the platform
The Embedded App SDK lets developers create, distribute, and monetise interactive experiences
In-app Advertising
Gaming social platform Discord set to embrace ads for revenue boost
Discord is reportedly hiring more than a dozen workers to see this through
Job Losses
Discord to cut 17% of its workforce
Following four years of success, Discord makes its second round of cuts in five months in order to redress earlier over expansion
Discord Dealings
Backbone adds Discord to growing list of partners
Microsoft and Discord now partnering with Backbone following Series A funding round.
Imagine A New Logo
Discord's new branding is friendlier than ever
Growing pains
No Deal
Discord considers IPO as Microsoft talks end
Company is apparently interested in going public in the future
$$$$$
Report: Discord holding "exclusive" sale discussions with Microsoft
Negotiations have reached an "advanced" stage, deal could close next month
Splash The Cash
Report: Microsoft among companies looking to buy Discord
Chat platform is apparently up for sale with a $10 billion price tag
Money Bags
Discord revenue nearly tripled during 2020
Platform boasts 140 million monthly active users
Open Communication
Discord users can have text conversations with Matrix-based apps
EMS has secured a deal with the company
Money Money Money
Discord valuation has doubled to $7 billion
Firm raising $140 million in new funding round
A New Direction
Discord raises $100 million to expand beyond games
The latest change in direction for the communications platform
Chatting Up
Discord surpasses 250 million users
Chat platform attracted 50m new users in first three months of 2019
Struck A Chord
Games chat platform Discord raises $150 million at $2bn valuation
Funding round led by Greenoaks Capital
Game On
Discord experiments with games detection on Android
The feature shows others what a user is playing or listening to on Spotify
Struck A Chord
Discord triples userbase to 130 million in just a year
Chat app has added 85m users in the last twelve months
Striking A Discord
Games communication app Discord adds Spotify integration as it surpasses 90 million users
Discord users can connect accounts to Spotifty and share music
Sowing Discord
Gamer messaging app Discord clears 87 million registered users
Now has 14 million DAUs sending 9.5 billion messages a month
User Bans
Discord shuts down alt-right server and accounts associated with hate groups
Company will "continue to take action against white supremacy, nazi ideology and all forms of hate"
Sowing Discord
Gamer chat app Discord guns for Skype by adding video chat and screen-sharing
Won't be ready for at least a month, but testing begins now
Sow The Seeds
Discord reportedly valued at $725 million after quietly raising $50 million funding round
Also hires former Twitch veteran Andy Swanson as Head of Publisher Relations
Growing Discord
Gamer messaging app Discord hits 45 million users in two years
A lot of "notice me, Senpai"s sent every day
Social Scene
Hammer & Chisel raises $20 million for gamer messaging app Discord
Everybody talking
Keep It Core
Tencent leads investment in Hammer & Chisel's Series B
Funding success fuels Citron's ambition
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Jason Citron
From Aurora Feint to OpenFeint and beyond
Jason Citron on why MOBA is the best genre for a core tablet gaming audience
Competing by doing something different
Hammer & Chisel raises $8.7 million to bring MOBA to tablets
Riot Games' investor Mitch Lasky leads the round
Jason Citron on bringing accessible MOBA gaming to tablets with Fates Forever
OpenFeint co-founder returns to his roots
OpenFeint founder Jason Citron raises $1.1 million for 'post-PC' outfit Phoenix Guild
Staffing up to ship its first mobile game in 2012
OpenFeint founder Jason Citron launches 'post PC' social studio Phoenix Guild
Raising $1 million see funding round