INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In September of 2013, Jason Citron hopped on to the Disrupt Startup Battlefield stage to pitch Fates Forever, a multiplayer online battle
Now, five years later, Citron is gearing up to join us once again on the Disrupt stage to discuss the stellar growth of Discord.Though Fates
Forever had all the components to be a great mobile game, users simply never took much interest
The company struggled to monetize, and like any good startup, the team began to reassess its own situation.The conversation turned to
communication, where the space contained a few players with lack-luster products.&Can we make a 10X project,& said CMO Eros Resmini,
relaying the tale of the company pivot to TechCrunch
&Low-friction usage, no renting servers, beautiful design we took from mobile.&That how Discord was born
The platform launched in 2016, and has since grown to 90 million registered users, and has raised nearly $80 million in funding.Coming from
the publishing side, the Discord team had a keen awareness of what gamers want and need: a clean, secure communications platform
Since launch, the team has launched features that let game developers integrate Discord chat into their own games, as well as video-chat and
screen-sharing.But the progress has not been without discord
The company shut down several servers associated with the alt-right for violating the terms of service, bringing Discord to the center of
the on-going conversation around censorship and political bias.That said, Discord has seemed to find its stride, forming partnerships with
various esports organizations for verified servers.There is plenty to discuss with Jason Citron at Disrupt SF, and we hope you&ll join us to
check out the conversation live.Thefull agenda is here
Passes for the show are available at the early-bird rate until August 1 here.
