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Discord Files Confidentially For IPO (reuters.com)

(Tuesday January 06, 2026 @10:30PM (BeauHD) from the what-to-expect dept.)


According to Bloomberg, Discord has [1]confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO . Reuters reports:

> The U.S. IPO market regained momentum in 2025 after nearly three years of sluggish activity, but hopes for a stronger rebound were tempered by tariff-driven volatility, a prolonged government shutdown and a late-year selloff in artificial intelligence stocks.

Discord, which was founded in 2015, offers voice, video and text chatting capabilities aimed at gamers and streamers. According to [2]a statement in December, the platform has more than 200 million monthly users.



[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/

[2] https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-introduces-a-new-commerce-experience-for-gaming-communities


Great confidentiality, guys. (Score:2)

by russotto ( 537200 )

I know Slashdot has lost a lot of audience, but I still think having it known here doesn't count as "confidential".

I tried Discord a few years ago (Score:1)

by Anonymous Coward

My wife was starting a private server and wanted me to help test it, so I registered an account.

I tested audio, video, and chat with her. A few minutes later I was notified that my account was banned for violation of TOS.

I never received any actual explanation, but my best guess was that the problem was I hadn't whitelisted all of the domains that wanted to set cookies.

Re: (Score:2)

by ebunga ( 95613 )

Let me guess, you said something like "Farty farty look I'm years old?"

Well (Score:2)

by liqu1d ( 4349325 )

They had been slowly enshittifying over the past few years guess it was bound to happen. IPO then full shittification? I can't imagine they're profitable from their nitro subscriptions.

They still aren't profitable... (Score:3)

by Qbertino ( 265505 )

... AFAIK. Which isn't that surprising. It's a glorified IRC with audio and video. This will go the way of Skype I presume.

Whelp (Score:2)

by dohzer ( 867770 )

What are we switching to now, guys? TeamSpeak? Ventrilo? Skype? ICQ?

Re: (Score:2)

by znrt ( 2424692 )

roger wilco.

Offer limited to residents of the contiguous United States.