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Discord Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO, Bloomberg News Reports

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Online chat platform Discord has filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The move comes as the U.S. IPO market showed signs of recovery in 2025 following nearly three years of subdued activity. However, expectations of a sustained rebound have been tempered by tariff-related market volatility, a prolonged government shutdown, and a late-year selloff in artificial intelligence stocks.

According to the report, discussions are still ongoing and Discord could ultimately decide not to proceed with a public listing. A Discord spokesperson told Bloomberg that the company remains focused on “delivering the best possible experience for users and building a strong, sustainable business.”

Discord did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

Founded in 2015, Discord provides voice, video, and text communication services, initially targeting gamers and streamers but later expanding to broader online communities. The company said in a statement on its website in December that it had more than 200 million monthly active users.

Google Resolves Global Service Outage Affecting Multiple Platforms

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Alphabet’s Google announced on Thursday that it had resolved a brief global outage that disrupted several of its core services, including Google Chat, Google Meet, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Cloud Search, Google Tasks, and Google Voice.

The disruption also impacted third-party platforms reliant on Google Cloud infrastructure, such as music streaming service Spotify and messaging app Discord, as well as Snapchat. The outage began around 1:50 p.m. ET and caused widespread service interruptions across multiple regions.

At the peak of the outage, tracking website Downdetector.com recorded approximately 46,000 outage reports for Spotify and nearly 11,000 reports for Discord in the U.S. alone. Google Cloud’s engineering teams worked swiftly to mitigate the issue, and by 6:18 p.m. ET, outage reports had significantly decreased to just over 1,000 for Spotify and around 200 for Discord.

Google stated it will publish a detailed analysis after completing an internal investigation into the incident.