Founder Profile
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Stanislav Vishnevskiy?
Stanislav Vishnevskiy is a founder of Discord Inc., which was founded in 2015 with Jason Citron.
- Company founded
- Discord Inc.
- Founded
- 2015
- Co-founders
- Jason Citron
Background
Stanislav Vishnevskiy co-founded Discord with Jason Citron in 2015 and serves as its chief technology officer, leading the platform's engineering, including its voice infrastructure and the 2026 age-assurance system.
Founding Story
Stanislav Vishnevskiy is Discord's co-founder and chief technology officer. Before Discord he worked with Jason Citron and co-founded Guildwork, a gaming-guild tool. He led the engineering of Discord's low-latency voice and chat when it launched in 2015 and remains its CTO; in 2026 he publicly explained the company's age-assurance approach, saying more than 90% of users would not need to verify their age. Stanislav Vishnevskiy was born in 1989.
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- Discord marks ten years since its May 2015 launch (Discord Inc.)
- Discord Appoints Humam Sakhnini as Chief Executive Officer (Discord Inc.)