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Calacanis: Polymarket gives 57% odds of US forces entering Iran
“Polymarket. 27% chance that U.S. Forces Enter Iran by the end of March and 57% by the end of the year.”
Jason Calacanis Mar 13, 2026 ▶ 5:38 Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
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Palihapitiya claims Polymarket accuracy reaches 95% in final hours before events
“Basically, 89% accurate one week out, but in the final four hours, it jumps to 95, which means that if you follow the sharps along this pattern, you're going to make money.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 24, 2025 ▶ 22:29 NBA Gambling Scandal, Billionaire Tax, Tesla's Future, Amazon Robots, AWS Outage, Dangerous AI Bias
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Coplan: Polymarket hit all-time high volume of hundreds of millions on Election Day
“I mean, today I think A couple hundred million dollars which is, you know, a lot by, I guess when you think about leveraged assets, it doesn't seem like a lot, but for prediction markets, it's probably an all time high, I guess, in history.”
Shayne Coplan Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 1:15:00 2024 Election Night Livestream with the Besties!
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Friedberg: French trader bet $45M on Donald Trump on Polymarket
“It was reported this morning that a French trader has bet forty-five million dollars on Trump on Polymarket, that he is the whale.”
David Friedberg Oct 25, 2024 ▶ 57:03 Markets turn Trump, Long rates spike, Election home stretch, Influencer mania, Saving Starbucks
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Palihapitiya: Polymarket odds place Elon Musk's chance of winning at 42-43%
“It's effectively at 42 or 43% that Elon wins.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 1, 2026 ▶ 34:36 OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude, Elon vs Sam Trial, Big Hyperscaler Beats, Peptide Craze
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Calacanis claims ICE invested $2B into Polymarket at $9B valuation
“ICE, a different ICE, Intercontinental Exchange, had invested two billion at a nine billion dollar post or somewhere in that range.”
Jason Calacanis Oct 10, 2025 ▶ 1:20:48 Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally
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Friedberg: Polymarket shows 84% chance DOGE cuts under $50B in 2025
“Poly market showing an 84% chance of less than fifty billion being cut in 2025.”
David Friedberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 1:13:31 Trump Rally or Bessent Put? Elon Back at Tesla, Google's Gemini Problem, China's Thorium Discovery
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Friedberg: Polymarket accurately predicted cabinet confirmation outcomes weeks in advance
“By the way, if you look at Polymarket, Polymarket had it all right a couple of weeks ago.”
David Friedberg Feb 15, 2025 ▶ 1:45:14 JD Vance's AI Speech, Techno-Optimists vs Doomers, Tariffs, AI Court Cases with Naval Ravikant
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Sacks: Trump regained lead over Harris on Polymarket in August 2024
“If you look at polymarket, that is, has swung back to Trump being in the lead over the past week, as opposed to Harris.”
David Sacks Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 38:56 Massive jobs revision, Kamala wealth tax, polls vs prediction markets, end of race-based admissions
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Calacanis: OpenAI's Polymarket odds for 2026 best model spiked above 20%
“The ratings here from Polymarket, which company has the best AI model, by the end of twenty-twenty-six, OpenAI's chances just spiked from low single digits now to over 20%.”
Jason Calacanis Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 7:09 GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
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Calacanis: Polymarket gives 99% odds May inflation exceeds 4.2%
“Polymarket says, 99% chance May inflation comes in at 4.2% or higher.”
Jason Calacanis May 22, 2026 ▶ 1:22:49 SpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?
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Calacanis: Polymarket odds for Kimmel cancellation dropped from 80% to 1%
“Nexar and Sinclair's affiliates, they decided to not air it, and that was 60% of the market, so interesting, polymarket. Had Jimmy Kimmel canceled by September 30th. It was nearly 80% after Kimmel was suspended last week, but that's plummeted to one percent si…”
Jason Calacanis Sep 27, 2025 ▶ 44:19 H-1B Shakeup, Kimmel Apology, Autism Causes, California Hate Speech Law
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Calacanis: Cuomo held 93% Polymarket odds versus Mamdani's 6% last month
“One month ago, Cuomo was at 93%. Zoran had a six percent chance.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 0:12 David Friedberg Reacts to Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Run
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