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Kalshi's revenue doubles to $4B annualized as it seeks $40B valuation

The prediction-market platform's annualized revenue hit $4 billion in July while it courts investors and faces new state tax risk.

Kalshi's revenue doubles to $4B annualized as it seeks $40B valuation
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Summary, timeline and people extracted by Claude from 3 items across 3 sources · 2h ago. Quotes are verbatim.

According to a report from The Information, Kalshi's annualized revenue surpassed $4 billion in July, doubling from a bit over $2 billion just two months earlier, while its operating expenses reached $300 million in June. The company is now seeking new funding at a $40 billion valuation even as it spends heavily on marketing and confronts potential state taxes in some of its largest markets.

  • Kalshi's annualized revenue surpassed $4 billion in July, doubling from just over $2 billion two months earlier.
  • Operating expenses reached $300 million in June alone.
  • The company is seeking fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation.
  • Kalshi faces heavy marketing spend and potential state taxes in some of its largest markets.

How it unfolded

  1. Techmeme and a Mastodon aggregator account republished the headline finding from The Information's article on Kalshi's revenue and valuation ambitions.

  2. The Information's Yueqi Yang reported that Kalshi is seeking fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation while also spending heavily on marketing and facing potential state taxes in some of its biggest markets.

    “Scoop: Kalshi has surpassed $4 billion in annualized revenue, doubled from just two months ago, as it seeks fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation.”

    @Yueqi_Yang · X ↗
  3. 6 weeks quiet
  4. Kalshi's annualized revenue doubled to more than $4 billion by July, up from just over $2 billion two months prior.

  5. 4 weeks quiet
  6. Two months before the August report, Kalshi's annualized revenue was already topping $2 billion, per The Information's sourcing.

  7. Kalshi's operating expenses totaled $300 million for the month of June, according to the report.

What people are saying verbatim

“Scoop: Kalshi has surpassed $4 billion in annualized revenue, doubled from just two months ago, as it seeks fresh funding at a $40 billion valuation.”

@Yueqi_Yang, Reporter, The Information · x ↗ · Aug 10

“It's also been spending heavily on marketing and faces potential state taxes in some of its biggest markets”

@Yueqi_Yang, Reporter, The Information · x ↗ · Aug 10

“Source: Kalshi's annualized revenue topped $4B in July, up from $2B+ two months earlier, and its operating expenses totaled $300M in June”

Techmeme@techhub.social, News aggregator · mastodon ↗ · Aug 10