Since Tesla founder Elon Musk’s recent Clubhouse appearance broke the start-up’s 5,000-person limit per room, the invite-only Silicon Valley darling is making a name for itself and is well on its way to becoming mainstream.

The Andreessen Horowitz-backed audio social platform Clubhouse has gone from a small community of beta testers last March to a growing network of two million people. Only a year old, the start-up was recently valued at $1 billion.

While the app is still in beta and requires an invite to join, it’s gotten a bit less exclusive as word has spread among early adopters, with about 3.4 million downloads to date. The company said it plans to open the app to anyone who wants to join “soon.”

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Published by Kelly Kovack on February 12th, 2021