Polymarket launches private company trading so investors can speculate on Anthropic, OpenAI
Polymarket is expanding into private markets by launching prediction markets focused on private company milestones. This allows investors to speculate on events related to companies like OpenAI and Anthropic without needing equity ownership. The initiative aims to address the limitations faced by ordinary investors who typically cannot invest in private companies.
- ▪Polymarket is launching prediction markets tied to private company milestones.
- ▪The markets will focus on companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
- ▪Nasdaq Private Market will provide resolution data for these contracts.
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Polymarket is moving deeper into private markets — and this time, the contracts are tied to companies most investors can talk about, but still cannot actually buy.The company is launching prediction markets tied to private company milestones, including valuations, IPO timing and secondary-market activity for names like OpenAI and Anthropic.Nasdaq Private Market will serve as the exclusive resolution data provider, supplying the information that determines whether these contracts pay out.These event contracts might solve one of the biggest frustrations for many investors. Many companies create enormous value and brand recognition before they ever go public, more than 1600 are unicorns valued at a billion dollars or more, according to Nasdaq.
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