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Kalshi, the largest predictions marketplace in the U.S., raised $1B at a $22B valuation led by Coatue, as reported by the WSJ and confirmed by Axios.

  1. Sumer Sao & Ben Rapport in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Eng & Data @ Kalshi (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Stanford MS / BS, CS

    3. Description: “Consumer AI”

    4. Twitter, [email protected]

  2. Dhruvik P. in SF (Co-Founder @ Stealth)

    1. Role: 1st FTE & Engineering + Product @ Kalshi (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Foundry/Mithril ($80M from Sequoia and LSVP), Stanford MS + BS CS, RSI Scholar

    3. Description: Stealth since 9/25

    4. Contact: Site

  3. Yash Ramchandani in SF (Co-Founder @ Sterling Labs)

    1. Role: Product + Engineering @ Kalshi (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: PM @ Google (Gemini Nano, Google Ads), Engineering @ Relay, UMich CS

    3. Description: YC-backed stealth startup

    4. Contact: Twitter, [email protected]

  4. Justin Wei in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE Intern @ Kalshi (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Phind (YC S22, $10M raised), SWE Intern @ Citadel, 8th Engineer @ Skiff (Sequoia-backed —> acquired by Notion), UT Austin CS (Turing Scholar)

    3. Description: Left Phind on 8/24 with no updates

  5. Prabhath Kotha in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Product Engineer (built Kalshi’s original trading experience) @ Kalshi (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Citadel

    3. Description: Left Citadel on 9/25 with no updates

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  6. David Xu in SF (Co-Founder @ Verona / Athens)

    1. Role: Growth + Engineering @ Kalshi (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Deployed Engineer @ LangChain, Duke CS

    3. Description: “Athens is a modern SaaS template designed to help developers launch their products faster. We believe in providing the best tools and infrastructure so you can focus on what matters most - building great features for your users.”

    4. Funding: $1.5M pre-seed from Afore

    5. Contact: Site

  7. Henrique Vieira e Sousa in Brazil (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Engineering @ Kalshi (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Engineering @ Foundry/Mithril ($80M from Sequoia and LSVP), Tech Lead @ IBM, SWE @ QuintoAndar

    3. Description: Left Foundry on 8/25 with no updates

  8. Daniel Chiu in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Product & Engineering @ Kalshi (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Product & Engineering @ Watershed, Trading Intern @ Jane Street, SWE @ Figma, SWE @ Quora, SWE @ Asana, Harvard CS

    3. Description: Left Watershed on 4/25 with no updates

  9. Elie Mishory in Baltimore (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Chief Regulatory Officer & General Counsel @ Kalshi (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Senior Advisor to SEC Chairman, Special Counsel to CFTC Commissioner, Attorney @ IRS Office of Chief Counsel, GW Law JD

    3. Description: Left Kalshi on 4/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  10. Rhea S. in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Chief of Staff @ Kalshi (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Growth Lead @ Unify, SWE @ Mach Industries, Investment Engineer @ Bridgewater, UChicago BA/MS Math & CS

    3. Description: Left Unify on 11/25 with no updates.

  11. Karim Itani in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Product Engineer @ Kalshi (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Data Engineer @ Salesforce, Data Scientist @ Oracle, UChicago MS Data Science, Purdue BS Computer Engineering

    3. Description: Left Salesforce on 1/25 with no updates

    4. Contact: Twitter, [email protected]

  12. Samuel Vergara in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Chief Regulatory Officer & Chief Compliance Officer @ Kalshi (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CEO @ Prophet, CCO @ Seed CX, Compliance Lead @ ICE, Legal Trainee @ CFTC, Loyola Law JD, UW-Madison BA

    3. Description: Left Prophet on 5/24 with no updates

  13. Vivek Bhupatiraju in SF (Co-Founder @ Cursive)

    1. Role: SWE @ Kalshi (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Researcher @ Ethereum Foundation (0xPARC/PSE), ML Researcher @ MIT CSAIL (Madry Lab), Algorithm Developer @ Hudson River Trading, MIT BS Math & CS

    3. Description: "Cursive builds experiences where control, privacy, and creative expression belong to users, not platforms.”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

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