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Polymarket launches private company trading so investors can speculate on Anthropic, OpenAI
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.
TL;DR
- Polymarket launches prediction markets for private company milestones, including valuations, IPO timing, and secondary market activity.
- Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are featured in these new markets.
- Nasdaq Private Market is the exclusive resolution data provider.
- These contracts allow traders to take a position on specific private-market events without equity ownership.
- Markets include bets on OpenAI's IPO valuation and Anthropic's valuation milestones.
- Nasdaq Private Market will offer valuation data publicly and for free.
- The success of these markets depends on clear, liquid, and reliable information fueling the contracts.