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How Discord Turned Gamers Into a Billion-Dollar Community
In Episode 83 of Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna dive into Discord's origin story — how a gaming chat app founded by Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy grew from a niche tool for competitive gamers into a communication platform valued at over $15 billion. They break down the key product decisions that fueled Discord's viral growth: the early focus on low-latency voice chat, the decision to give away the core product for free, and the controversial pivot from gaming to a general-purpose community platform. Lucas explains how Discord's 'server + channel' structure…
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