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Yueqi Yang @ The Information 2 place · today 13:25 EDT

Kalshi Raises at $5 Billion Valuation Led by Sequoia, a16z

Kalshi, a U.S.-regulated prediction market, said it raised more than $300 million at a $5 billion valuation led by Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz. The company will face new competition with the return of rival Polymarket to the U.S. market. Kalshi and Polymarket are the two biggest prediction ...

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