Kalshi’s CEO says the scrutiny his company is facing is just part of a cycle that most disruptive startups must go through. Tarek Mansour, the prediction market’s cofounder, spoke on CNBC on Monday about the lawsuits Kalshi is facing from multiple states. “I think the more interesting thing that’s at play here is that you
Getting stuck at the airport after a canceled flight might be a little less painful, if you can take advantage of it. Kalshi is looking to open a new prediction market that could turn airport departure boards into a new commercial arena. According to a Tuesday filing with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the
Michael Burry took a break from commenting on the stock market to focus his attention on booming prediction markets like Kalshi. In short: not impressed. The investor, made famous by Michael Lewis’ crisis-era saga “The Big Short,” shared his pessimistic assessment as prediction platforms withstand criticism over how ordinary users are faring and claims that
At Kalshi, most employees report directly to both founders of the largest US prediction market in what CEO Tarek Mansour described as a deliberately “unusual” management structure. Speaking on a recent episode of Sequoia Capital’s “Long Strange Trip,” Mansour said he and his co-founder Luana Lopes Lara have about 150 direct reports with little traditional
