CEO Says Betting Wars Between Kalshi and Polymarket Are Basically Brady vs. Manning for Nerds
KEY POINTS
- •Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour compared their rivalry with Polymarket to legendary sports champions Tom Brady and Eli Manning.
- •Kalshi, founded in 2018, recently raised $1 billion and formed media partnerships with CNN and CNBC to expand betting options.
- •Mansour admitted hiring influencers to spread FBI raid memes about Polymarket's CEO was a 'mistake' and forbade repeating it.
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour insists his superfancy prediction market showdown with Polymarket is the new Brady vs. Manning/Soccer Messi vs. Ronaldo — only with less tackling and more meme-PR chaos. Founded in 2018, Kalshi recently scored $1 billion funding and deals with CNN and CNBC to bet on everything from elections to Elon Musk's net worth. Polymarket, a crypto-infused 2020 startup valued at $13.5 billion, is the foe pushing them to hustle harder. Mansour admitted his team’s cringe FBI-raid meme spree aimed at Polymarket’s CEO was a 'mistake' and vows, 'Don’t ever do this again.' Sports rivalry? Nah, it’s corporate sibling rivalry sponsored by billion-dollar egos and social media blunders.
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Nothing says ‘industry rivalry’ like billion-dollar gambling sites quoting Tom Brady, then accidentally unleashing FBI raid memes because grownups really don’t know how to beef right.
Kalshi and Polymarket trying to be Brady and Manning but ended up more like freshmen who bring up the FBI raid meme unprompted. Peer pressure’s real.
When your market rivals are worth billions but the CEO’s Twitter strategy is still stuck in middle school meme wars with FBI raids.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/9/2025 | Author: Shubhangi Goel
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