Kalshi Beats Consensus | The Brainstorm EP 125
From FYI - For Your Innovation by ARK Invest
April 1, 2026 · 26 min
About this episode
The episode discusses how prediction markets can transform risk management across various industries with insights from Nicole Kagan of Kalshi.
In this episode of The Brainstorm, Nick and Sam are joined by Nicole Kagan, Head of Research at Kalshi. They discuss how prediction markets could revolutionize risk management across every industry you can imagine. From macroeconomic trends to cultural phenomena, she's uncovering how financializing uncertainty creates vast new opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and even governments. If you know ARK, then you probably know about our long-term research projections, like estimating where we will be 5-10 years from now! But just because we are long-term investors, doesn’t mean we don’t have strong views and opinions on breaking news. In fact, we discuss and debate this every day. So now we’re sharing some of these internal discussions with you in our new video series, “The Brainstorm”, a co-production from ARK and Wolf.financial, and sponsored by Public. Tune in every week as we react to the latest in innovation. Here and there we’ll be joined by special guests, but ultimately this is our chance to join the conversation and share ARK’s quick takes on what’s going on in tech today. Key Points From This Episode: Prediction markets are transforming risk management because they…
People in this episode
Hosts: Nick, Sam
Guest: Nicole Kagan
Topics covered
- prediction markets
- risk management
- financializing uncertainty
- entrepreneurship
- investing
- innovation
Keywords
- prediction markets
- risk management
- uncertainty
- investment opportunities
- financialization
- macroeconomic trends
Sponsors
Public
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Organizations: Kalshi, ARK Invest, Wolf.financial
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