A billion-dollar raise and a landmark media deal push prediction markets to America’s main stage.
Kalshi Raises, one of the world’s leading prediction market companies, is now making a direct entry into the American media and financial world. The company has secured a $1 billion Series E funding round and also entered into a partnership with CNN.
Kalshi real-time prediction odds will now be featured on national news.
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Kalshi Raises $1B Funding
Kalshi announced on Tuesday that it has raised $1 billion in a Series E round. This brings the valuation of its prediction-market platform to $11 billion.
The fundraising was led by Paradigm, and joined by several prominent investors, including Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech Capital, IVP, ARK Invest, Anthos Capital, CapitalG, and Y Combinator.
This year has been a year of rapid growth for Kalshi. This U.S.-based platform allows users to trade contracts based on real-world events—politics, economics, culture, and more.
Kalshi says weekly trading volume now exceeds $1 billion, a 10-fold increase compared to 2024. Millions of users are now trading in more than 3,500 active markets.
It was a small experiment in 2018, but it has now become a mainstream tool that journalists, lawmakers, analysts, and normal traders regularly use to predict future outcomes.
CNN Partnership Brings Odds to the Newsroom
The company’s growth is set to accelerate further as Kalshi has announced a major partnership with CNN. This will be CNN’s largest integration of prediction-market data to date.
CNN will showcase Kalshi’s live odds across its TV broadcasts, digital platforms, and social media. This will provide people with real-time probabilities alongside normal news reporting.
Part of this rollout also includes CNN using a live event-probability ticker powered by Kalshi’s API. The ticker will update instantly as markets change. Coverage will highlight odds related to politics, breaking news, culture, and weather.
But one thing is worth noting: Kalshi’s most traded category sports was not included in this announcement.
Fueling Phase Expansion
Kalshi says this $1 billion in funding will significantly accelerate their national expansion. The company plans to bring tens of millions of new users to the platform, integrate with more brokerages, expand their market offerings, and strengthen exciting media partnerships.
Why This Matters – Kalshi Raises
While Kalshi is bringing prediction markets to the world’s most powerful newsrooms, it is almost blending the line between financial forecasting and public information.
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People Also Ask:
What is Kalshi?
Kalshi is a U.S.-regulated prediction-market exchange where people trade on real-world events, such as politics, economics, weather, and culture.
Is Kalshi legal in the United States?
Yes, it is absolutely legal. Kalshi is approved and regulated by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission). It is one of the few fully regulated prediction markets in the U.S.
Why is Kalshi different from betting platforms?
Kalshi is not a gambling site. It is a federally regulated financial exchange. Its markets are event-linked financial contracts, just like futures.
Why is Kalshi gaining mainstream attention now?
A $1B funding round and a partnership with CNN have brought Kalshi into the national spotlight. Now market-based probabilities will be shown to millions of people on the news in real time.
