tarek mansour

T2 · manager / operator

Former trader and risk manager who grew up in Lebanon; co-founded Kalshi in 2018 to build a regulated 'everything exchange' for event contracts. Led the company through a multi-year regulatory battle including suing the CFTC and winning, achieving 95% US election market share. Mission-driven founder who views the company as a vehicle for the idea rather than an end in itself.

6 calls·4 names·83% bull·last heard 22 days ago·Stripe+2
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no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY

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1sthigh conviction
$KALSHIKalshiposition

Kalshi launches GPU forward curves: compute derivatives to become largest market on planet, 10-15x spot volume

Compute is becoming the world's largest commodity; derivative markets historically reach 10-15x underlying spot volume, so GPU futures could surpass Treasury futures as compute spend grows 10x to $10T+ by 2030, with prediction markets uniquely suited to price discovery.

TBPN2026-07
2ndmedium conviction
$DASHDoorDash

DoorDash's Tony Xu sets gold standard for operational discipline in hard marketplace business

Tony Xu's operational discipline and execution at DoorDash is among the best in the industry, particularly impressive given the inherent difficulty of the marketplace logistics business.

3rdmedium conviction
$POLYMARKETPolymarket

Polymarket's regulatory troubles hurt entire prediction market industry reputation

Polymarket's offshore unregulated model and recent Wall Street Journal/Congressional scrutiny create negative spillover for the whole prediction market category, making it harder for regulated players like Kalshi to differentiate and educate the public.

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$KALSHI
Kalshi
HIGHtarek mansour·Stripe·5 months ago· position
Kalshi hits $10.4B monthly volume, 11x growth in 6 months, eyes futures expansion
Kalshi's regulated exchange model with direct consumer adoption and peer-to-peer liquidity is scaling rapidly, expanding into institutional products like futures, swaps, and compute markets.
"Volume in February was $10.4 billion. Dollars of contracts traded. And that's up 11x over 6 months... Fastest-growing company outside of AI... That has sort of dramatically outpac…"
17:18
$KALSHI
Kalshi
HIGHtarek mansour·TBPN·22 days ago· position
Kalshi launches GPU forward curves: compute derivatives to become largest market on planet, 10-15x spot volume
Compute is becoming the world's largest commodity; derivative markets historically reach 10-15x underlying spot volume, so GPU futures could surpass Treasury futures as compute spend grows 10x to $10T+ by 2030, with prediction markets uniquely suited to price discovery.
"compute as a commodity is going to probably be the largest commodity on the planet. And so the derivative market for it will probably be the largest derivative market on the plane…"
127:35
$DASH
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DoorDash
DoorDash's Tony Xu sets gold standard for operational discipline in hard marketplace business
Tony Xu's operational discipline and execution at DoorDash is among the best in the industry, particularly impressive given the inherent difficulty of the marketplace logistics business.
"I think Tony Shu I always go back to because I think his operational discipline and execution I think is honestly is one of the best. Uh his business is so hard."
11:22
$POLYMARKET
Polymarket
Polymarket's regulatory troubles hurt entire prediction market industry reputation
Polymarket's offshore unregulated model and recent Wall Street Journal/Congressional scrutiny create negative spillover for the whole prediction market category, making it harder for regulated players like Kalshi to differentiate and educate the public.
"I think it's bad for us... when you get mainstream society all of a sudden is like whoa whoa stop stop right there let's figure out what this is we don't understand it... particul…"
23:19
$NVDA
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Nvidia
Nvidia's Jensen Huang built decades-long foundation enabling current AI dominance
Jensen Huang's multi-decade foundation building at Nvidia mirrors Kalshi's regulatory-first approach; deep, patient infrastructure investment creates durable competitive advantage when the market inflects.
"A bit like Jensen, right? Like he's built such a foundation for so long and that's how these things go. And we started engaging about the election market before we even launched t…"
41:41
$KALSHI
Kalshi
HIGHtarek mansour·Sequoia Capital·last month· position
Kalshi wins CFTC lawsuit, captures 95% US election market share, growing at AI-company rates
Regulatory-first approach and winning the CFTC lawsuit unlocked mainstream adoption; Kalshi now has 95% US market share in election markets and is compounding at growth rates comparable to OpenAI and Anthropic, building the 'everything exchange' as next-generation Wall Street infrastructure.
"We're bigger than across I mean we're like in the US 95% market share now... our trajectory just went, you know, really parabolic. And I think it's a mix of that sort of foundatio…"
24:50