# Sergei Sorokin

> Sergei Sorokin is the co-founder and CEO of Highlight, a San Francisco company building a shared intelligence layer for the agentic age of work. He spent roughly eight years at Discord as one of its earliest product hires and eventual VP of Product, helping scale the platform from a few million users to hundreds of millions and building its revenue business, including Nitro, from zero. After Discord he advised and built AI startups, then took the helm of Highlight in March 2026 alongside a $40M Series A led by Khosla Ventures. His thesis: in the workplace, AI is no longer bottlenecked by intelligence, but by coordination.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Highlight
- **Organizations:** Highlight, Discord, Facebook, Yahoo, Stanford University
- **Education:** BA, Economics and International Relations, Stanford University
- **Known for:** One of Discord's earliest product hires; rose to VP of Product, Helped grow Discord from roughly 5M to nearly 300M monthly active users, Built Discord's revenue business from inception, scaling to $500M+ in annual revenue

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Joined Facebook's first Growth team
- **2009** — Graduated Stanford with a BA in Economics and International Relations
- **pre-2016** — Built the Ravenwood live-ops games franchise and a team responsible for two-thirds of Yahoo's mobile traffic
- **2016** — Joined Discord as its first product hire; later first PM manager and Head of Product & Data
- **2016-2024** — Helped scale Discord from ~5M to nearly 300M monthly active users and from 20 to ~1,000 employees; built revenue from $0 to $500M+; launched and scaled Nitro; led early AI features
- **2024-2026** — Built and advised AI startups including Weights, Aura, and OffCall
- **2026** — Became Co-Founder & CEO of Highlight as it raised a $40M Series A led by Khosla Ventures

## Achievements

- One of Discord's earliest product hires; rose to VP of Product
- Helped grow Discord from roughly 5M to nearly 300M monthly active users
- Built Discord's revenue business from inception, scaling to $500M+ in annual revenue
- Launched and scaled Nitro, Discord's flagship subscription product
- Helped scale Discord's team from about 20 to 1,000 people
- Joined Facebook's first Growth team in 2008
- Led Highlight's $40M Series A round backed by Khosla Ventures and others

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Named Co-Founder & CEO of Highlight as the company raised a $40M Series A led by Khosla Ventures, with plans to double headcount in San Francisco.

## Links

- Website: https://highlightai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssorokin
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sergeisorokin

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Last updated: 2026-06-20