Microsoft is in talks to acquire Discord for more than $10 billion, though the communications platform could opt instead for an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg and Reuters report.Discord is a voice, video, text and chat communications platform that had roughly 150 million active users as of December 2020. The company in late 2020 raised $100 million at a $7 billion valuation led by Greenoaks Capital with Index Ventures also participating, according to TechCrunch.Discord's app is invite-only. The company's cloud servers are organized into topic-based channels. The platform is popular with school clubs, gaming groups, and the worldwide art community, Discord notes.The Marsden Group for IoT and industrial control software expertise; Affirmed Networks to power Azure with network functions virtualization (NFV) designed for mobile service providers & 5G wireless services. Metaswitch Networks for Azure-centric network virtualization, 5G & IoT capabilities. ADRM Software for Azure cloud data lakes; and CyberX for Azure and IoT security services. Neither Microsoft nor Discord have commented about the rumored M&A discussions.
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