Original｜Odaily Planet Daily（@OdailyChina）

Author｜Wenser（@wenser 2010 ）

After Kalshi completed a new round of financing with a valuation of 22 billion dollars in March, Polymarket, one of the duopolies in the prediction market, couldn't sit still.

Apart from the previous news of seeking financing with a valuation of 20 billion dollars, Polymarket has recently been vigorously recruiting talents for platform development and business expansion. From the recent list of newly joined team members at Polymarket, we might gain a glimpse into the focus and direction of this former prediction market leader, now the "eternal number two", seeking a breakthrough.

Odaily Planet Daily will briefly summarize and analyze this in conjunction with Polymarket's recruitment information.

Design remains a top priority: Design leader released recruitment plan in January

In January this year, Polymarket's design leader Kevin Shay posted a tweet announcing that they are recruiting designers. Distinct from Kalshi's green and white UI, Polymarket's blue and white UI remains an important design language and iconic symbol. The New York pop-up grocery store it opened offline also adopted corresponding blue and white elements in its design. In this critical battle for brand breakthrough, design remains a top priority for Polymarket's development.

Additionally, according to the official recruitment page, there are currently 2 design-related positions still open for recruitment.

Continuous recruitment of developers: Talent acquisition and external recruitment are both important

As the cornerstone of platform development, developers are also an important driving force behind Polymarket's recent business expansion. The strategy adopted by Polymarket's recruitment team emphasizes both talent acquisition and external recruitment.

Kurush Dubash & Kunal Roy, co-founders of Dome

In February, the prediction market API platform Dome was officially acquired by Polymarket. Subsequently, the two co-founders of Dome, Kurush Dubash and Kunal Roy, also joined Polymarket. In April, they posted a tweet recruiting top engineers, beginning to showcase the "person to person" hot recruitment phenomenon.

It is worth mentioning that Polymarket also acquired the executive headhunting company Lunch in the same month, and several executives and team members mentioned later were contacted and recruited by the leaders of this company; in March, Polymarket also acquired the DeFi infrastructure startup Brahma, most of whose team members have also integrated into the Polymarket team.

Josh Stevens, Vice President of Engineering

On March 24, former Aave engineer and Senior Vice President Josh announced his joining of Polymarket. Just half a month later, he posted again on his personal account recruiting engineers. It is clear that the gap in developers at the rapidly growing Polymarket is much larger than the outside world perceives.

Recruitment tweet from March

Re-released recruitment information in early April

Additionally, according tothe official recruitment page information, the developer positions currently being recruited by Polymarket include Senior Backend Engineer (U.S. platform), Senior C/C++ Engineer (U.S. platform), Smart Contract Developer, Mobile AI Engineer, and Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer. Interested individuals may apply for consideration.

Compliance and legal talents, as well as sports betting personnel: Polymarket's personnel reserve in the U.S. platform

In November last year, with the acquisition of the U.S. compliance trading platform QCX, Polymarket finally returned to the U.S. market. However, facing the increasingly severe regulatory environment in the U.S. and the conflicts between federal regulatory agencies and state local courts, Polymarket also had to enhance its talent reserve in legal compliance once again.

Matthew Lischin, Legal Counsel for Polymarket's U.S. platform

In February 2026, after concluding a 13-year tenure at RBC Capital Markets (Royal Bank of Canada’s investment banking division), Matthew Lischin finally joined Polymarket as Head of Legal for North America's global market legal team. Public information shows that he will focus on legal compliance for complex financial products such as equity derivatives and margin loans.

It is worth noting that when he posted on LinkedIn announcing his departure from RBC, Polymarket's Chief Legal Officer Neal Kumar left a comment to engage in conversation. Perhaps due to this opportunity, Lischin subsequently confirmed his role as Legal Counsel for Polymarket's U.S. platform and candidly stated, "The wish has finally come true!"

Ari Borod, former executive of Fanatics, becomes president of sports business development

In February 2026, after ending a 4-year tenure in various positions including Chief Business Officer (CBO) at the well-known sports betting platform Fanatics, Ari Borod then fully immersed himself in the prediction market leader and new star in sports betting, Polymarket.

Unexpectedly, due to his sensitive professional history, he had previously triggered a non-compete lawsuit from his former employer Fanatics. Although this lawsuit eventually settled out of court, it cannot be denied that during the growth of the prediction market, the friction with traditional industries such as sports betting may not just be at the regulatory level, but also at the talent acquisition level.

Public information shows that Ari Borod led Fanatics' strategic shift from fan merchandise to sports betting business. Previously, he served as Chief Business Officer and Chief Operating Officer at The Action Network and had a six-year tenure at FanDuel, where he rose from Assistant General Counsel to Vice President of Sports at Fanatics.

In the non-compete lawsuit that Fanatics filed in Florida court, court documents revealed another shocking fact—Fanatics founders Michael Rubin and Fanatics Betting and Gaming CEO Matt King personally hold shares in Kalshi. One can only say that real business wars are everywhere. Additionally, it is particularly amusing that Fanatics was previously involved in a non-compete lawsuit for hiring former DraftKings Senior Vice President of Growth Mike Hermalyn; one can only say that karma is indeed a cycle, retribution is unavoidable.

Institutional-level liquidity to be introduced: Former Coinbase Head of Institutional Products

On April 2, former Head of Institutional and Retail Products at Coinbase, Brooke Rizzetto officially announced joining Polymarket and stated that he will be responsible for "institutional liquidity sales". After working for over 4 years at Coinbase, Brooke Rizzetto began to look for new ways to price information and introduce liquidity from the prediction market track.

In addition to the above individuals, recent team members joining Polymarket also include Josh Tucker, former viral marketing director for "MrBeast (the number one YouTube influencer)", and Mukilan Ashok, an 8-year veteran from the hedge fund Citadel, mainly responsible for marketing and exchange platform upgrades.

Furthermore, Polymarket’s head of human resources Matthew Kendall Clark recently posted indicating that they are currently recruitingHR staff and market manager for Polymarket. This “arms race” for talent in the prediction market platform seems to be in full swing and far from over.

For more information about Polymarket's recruitment, please check their official recruitment page.

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