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Discord

discord.com
74ICP
Communication PlatformSan Francisco, CAFounded 2015
74
ICP Score
Moderate Fit

Community-focused platform with young, tech-savvy culture. Values authentic engagement over corporate solutions.

Industry
Communication Platform
Team Size
600+
Est. Revenue
$600M+ (est.)
Website
discord.com

Key People

JC
Jason Citron
Co-founder & CEO
SV
Stan Vishnevskiy
Co-founder & CTO
TM
Tomasz Marcinkowski
CFO

Discovery Questions

Tailored questions to ask on your call, based on research findings:

  1. 1

    How is Discord thinking about expanding beyond gaming into professional and educational use cases?

  2. 2

    What's the AI strategy with Clyde and how does it fit with community moderation?

  3. 3

    How do you approach monetization while maintaining the free community experience?

  4. 4

    What role does the developer platform play in Discord's growth strategy?

Talking Points

  • 1

    Discord has expanded far beyond gaming - education, crypto, and business communities are growing

  • 2

    They've rejected acquisition offers (Microsoft) to stay independent and focused

  • 3

    Platform and apps ecosystem is a growth focus - developer opportunities

  • 4

    Monetization through Nitro and server subscriptions vs. advertising

About

Discord is a communication platform originally built for gamers that has expanded to serve communities of all types. The platform offers voice, video, and text communication with server-based community organization. Discord has 200M+ monthly active users across gaming, education, and professional communities.

Discord ServersDiscord NitroStage ChannelsDiscord Apps PlatformServer Subscriptions

Target market: Gaming communities, content creators, online communities, and increasingly businesses and educational institutions

Tech Stack

Backend

PythonRustElixirGo

Infrastructure

GCPKubernetesScyllaDB

Real-time

WebRTCWebSocket

Data

CassandraRedisPostgreSQL

Hiring Signals

Open Roles
95
Growth
Moderate

By Department

Engineering
55
Trust & Safety
18
Product
10
Marketing
7
Sales
5

Primary Focus: Expanding Engineering team

Recent News

Discord launches Quests for game engagement rewards2024-03-26
Discord introduces AI-powered Clyde chatbot for servers2024-03-09
Discord reaches 200 million monthly active users2024-05-14

Competitive Landscape

Slack
Microsoft Teams
Telegram
Guilded
TeamSpeak

This research brief is generated for demonstration purposes.Discord is a trademark of its respective owner. Prepd is not affiliated with Discord.

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