I enjoyed the article, but why did you feel the need to use AI to generate such a simple thumbnail image? IMO the environmental impact of trivial uses of AI like this is a problem when it just saves us 15 seconds in photoshop.
Realistically, if they do finalize and end up being listed as e.g. DSCD, I don't see anyone buying them for a while. IIUC, it's not particularly common, especially for "social tech" -- I think LinkedIn is the only one that went public and then got bought, and that took 5 years and was in a very different regulatory environment.
It's also worth noting that the Bloomberg article specifically calls out that they might *not* go public; there have been rumors of Discord going public in the past (e.g. when they brought on the former CFO of Pinterest) that wound up going nowhere. It's possible they're just treating the filing as a roundabout "for sale" sign to get interested buyers to step up to the plate.
I enjoyed the article, but why did you feel the need to use AI to generate such a simple thumbnail image? IMO the environmental impact of trivial uses of AI like this is a problem when it just saves us 15 seconds in photoshop.
Realistically, if they do finalize and end up being listed as e.g. DSCD, I don't see anyone buying them for a while. IIUC, it's not particularly common, especially for "social tech" -- I think LinkedIn is the only one that went public and then got bought, and that took 5 years and was in a very different regulatory environment.
It's also worth noting that the Bloomberg article specifically calls out that they might *not* go public; there have been rumors of Discord going public in the past (e.g. when they brought on the former CFO of Pinterest) that wound up going nowhere. It's possible they're just treating the filing as a roundabout "for sale" sign to get interested buyers to step up to the plate.