Chat-room super-app aimed at gamers now used by 140m people a month
Microsoft is apparently mulling snapping up Discord, an IRC-a-like-for-the-2020s popular with gamers, techies, and others, for a whopping $10bn. Discord, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, allows users to set up public and private chat servers, where people can talk to each other using text, voice, and video, and exchange direct messages. Servers are encouraged to set up topic-focused channels. The app quickly took off with e-sports teams and fans, and grew as gamers set up online communities on the platform. It now has more than about 140 million active monthly users including not just video game players and spectators but also programmers, technology enthusiasts, and people with non-tech interests. Now, we’re told, the communications startup is considering its options for the future. Multiple companies have expressed an interest, according to VentureBeat.
