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Prediction market data startup Oddpool joins Kalshi after $3M seed

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CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange Kalshi has acquired prediction market data infrastructure startup Oddpool.

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Oddpool , a prediction market data infrastructure startup, is joining Kalshi , the CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange, according to a statement from Oddpool co-founder Dhruv. The company emerged from Y Combinator this past spring and raised a $3 million seed round alongside co-founder Ritesh. Since then, Oddpool has been building tooling aimed at letting institutions treat prediction markets as a real asset class. Oddpool focuses on the data layer for prediction markets, aggregating trading signals and pricing information across markets such as politics, sports, climate and broader cultural events. The goal is to give institutions, economists, policy-makers and business operators structured data that can inform decisions, from inventory management around major events to positioning in traditional derivatives like 30-year Treasury futures ahead of key macro releases. Dhruv said demand for prediction market data and for Oddpool's services has been growing rapidly, and that conversations with Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour led the team to conclude they could build more from within the Kalshi ecosystem than as an external partner. He cited Kalshi's culture, execution pace and focus as key reasons for the move. By joining Kalshi, Oddpool is positioned to build deeper, integrated data infrastructure on top of a regulated prediction market venue, targeting...

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