Interview with Luana Lopes Lara

Luana Lopes Lara is the co-founder of Kalshi, a prediction market based in New York City. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Markets in Everything

Max Raskin: I’m a huge fan of prediction markets, and I think part of it is because I’m such a fan of the news. Are you a news junkie at all?

Luana Lopes Lara: Definitely more recently, but news wasn’t really how we started. Kalshi was born out of a need for a direct way to get exposure to events and the forecasting power of these ty…