How Discord makes money: The $15B platform funded by its fans
A chat app that scaled to over 200 million monthly active users and an estimated $725 million in annual recurring revenue — now with a maturing advertising business alongside its fan-funded model.
How TikTok makes money: Turning viral videos into a shopping empire
A short-form video app turning cultural dominance into billions in revenue and building one of the internet’s most sophisticated monetization machines.
How Anthropic makes money: Selling intelligence instead of ad inventory
Instead of monetizing attention, Anthropic is betting that businesses will pay for reliable reasoning, scalable automation, and AI that can do real work.
