Company file
Kalshi
CFTC Designated Contract Market
New York, United States · 735k visits / day
Legal Kalshi Inc. · Kalshi Inc.
CEO Tarek Mansour
Founders Tarek Mansour, Luana Lopes Lara
Founded 2018
Parent Kalshi Inc.
Privately held CFTC-regulated designated contract market. Venture-backed. Not a bookmaker.
Founded in 2018 by two MIT graduates. Became the first federally regulated prediction market in the US where everyday customers can trade event contracts. Sports-related contracts expanded after 2024–25 legal fights over whether sports event contracts are swaps under CFTC jurisdiction.
Licences CFTC Designated Contract Market
Register CFTC designated contract market filings — Kalshi Inc.
Payments ACH, card
Currencies USD
Languages English
Products Prediction market
Odds formats Fractional · Decimal · US / American · Implied probability
Related companies Kalshi Inc. (Parent)
Public officers / staff
- Tarek Mansour · Co-founder / CEO
- Luana Lopes Lara · Co-founder
Company communication
Trust matrix — categories, not the published weight
- MetVerified owners — Named private owners on the public record.
- MetNamed officers / staff — Tarek Mansour (Co-founder / CEO) · Luana Lopes Lara (Co-founder)
- MetAddress on a register — CFTC designated contract market filings — Kalshi Inc.
- MissingPhone number on file — No published corporate or support telephone.
- MetEmail address on file — Published support / press emails on kalshi.com
- PartialLongevity — Operating since 2018 (8 years).
- PartialRelated businesses — Kalshi Inc. (Parent)
- MetLicence stringency — 1 jurisdiction. Strongest on file: CFTC Designated Contract Market. Extra countries add weight; they do not wash out a weak home licence.
- Not a bookmaker — exchange-traded event contracts under the CFTC
- Accepted in the United States as a regulated DCM; product set is not identical to a state sportsbook
Official website kalshi.com