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Alex Heath

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

What is McRib?

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

Is it the burger?

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

So a lot, I mean, and then the second point I was going to say, so a lot of it comes from our team that like are figuring out what's trending on Twitter and like what's double people's mind, like what's in the news.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

But the other thing, it's like, this is the other thing, like, look, I believe in markets, right?

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

Like I'm a believer in markets and like, it's like, look at what customers want and like what they're interested in, what they're asking about and like have them suggest markets.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

The one thing, the one cover is like, that doesn't mean you just do everything, anything.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

I mean, we, again, we're regulated.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

Everything goes to a regulated pipeline and

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

There's a number of things that we don't touch, like war, terrorism, assassination, violence, things that could create a bad incentive.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

We never touch those.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

One, because it would be illegal.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

And two, even if it wasn't, I think those would not necessarily, even though there could be interest from the forecast, like for example, if you have a war market, I think it could create a perverse incentive.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

It could create a bad incentive.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

And we basically shy away and do not touch those.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

So I think you have to have a balance.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

And I think we've gotten fairly good at that balance.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

Thanks so much, guys.

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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

Appreciate you having me.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech

Hello and welcome to Decoder. I'm Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge, filling in for Nilay while we finish out the year here on the show. On another recent episode, I teased an interview with the CEO of chip design company Arm, and today we have that interview for you. I sat down live in Silicon Valley earlier this month with Arm's CEO, Rene Haas, at an event hosted by Alex Partners.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech

Hello and welcome to Decoder. I'm Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge, filling in for Nilay while we finish out the year here on the show. On another recent episode, I teased an interview with the CEO of chip design company Arm, and today we have that interview for you. I sat down live in Silicon Valley earlier this month with Arm's CEO, Rene Haas, at an event hosted by Alex Partners.