Thread title is jumping the gun a fair amount here.
Discord reached out to potential buyers, and Microsoft is in the running, but no deal is imminent, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Discord is more likely to go public than sell itself, one person said.
The article also talks on how they already look for buyers a couple years ago but most of the interested would change the company in some way, like increasing advertisement on the platform. Let's see what happens now.