Stacie Stern

BREAKING NEWS: Jon Kyl, a giant in Arizona politics who served the state in Congress for nearly three decades, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 84. MORE ABOUT HIS LIFE AND IMPACT: ktar.com/arizona-politics-ne…

I'm hiring one person with a marketing skill nobody on our team has. Acquire customers, get people talking about us, whatever moves the needle, just help us grow. Six months to prove it works. FT role waiting if it does. No application link. DM me - Tell me what you'd do and why it would work.

I just started work at @Underdog where I will be building the best exchange for sports fans. While opportunities in prediction markets are incredibly wide, the decision on where I wanted to work next was easy. The companies that will define this space long-term are the ones that know how to navigate changing regulatory structures, have a genuine obsession with building great products, backed by a record of doing so, and have a user base that already trusts them. Underdog hits all three markers, and I'd argue no one surpasses the company in any of the three categories. Further, Underdog is one of the only sports companies in the country that holds all three major CFTC licenses: DCM, DCO, and FCM. These licenses are a challenge to acquire and take time, capital, and regulatory credibility. Most companies in this space have one and piggyback on a partner who has another. Underdog went out and developed what it needed to operate independently and at scale, and that signals something important about where this company is headed. Underdog has been designing innovative products their customers obsess over for a long time and across multiple categories and regulatory regimes. They don't operate with any sanctimony about what the rules should be; they find ways to make incredible products for their customers within the relevant rules and regulations. Before they even had their own prediction market exchange, they figured out how to combine a federally regulated event contract with player picks from their fantasy product. At the time, this delivered a same-game parlay-like experience before anyone else. When I saw it, I knew I needed to talk to them, as this kind of creative problem-solving is exactly what separates good operators from great ones. Now, after the acquisition by IG Group, Underdog has even more firepower. We'll be able to leverage their expertise and resources to expand what's been created here to more customers, and keep building more incredible products. @JerLevine is another major reason I think Underdog has a real shot to lead this space. I've watched founders try to navigate prediction markets, and it's genuinely hard. The regulatory complexity, the product challenges, and the competition from companies with bigger balance sheets can turn it into a gauntlet. Jeremy has led Underdog through these challenges, and just does things the right way. Regulated markets and responsible gaming aren't afterthoughts here, they're baked into how this team operates. I'm excited to bring what I have learned to Underdog and help build at the most interesting company in prediction markets right now.

Congratulations to @nigeleccles, co-founder and CEO of @PlaySentient – and co-founder and former CEO of @FanDuel – on being named the 27th inductee into the Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame! A pioneer of Daily Fantasy Sports, Nigel helped redefine the way fans engage with sports, transforming the industry and creating a lasting legacy of innovation. The induction ceremony will take place July 9 at the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association's Summer Conference in Philadelphia. Read the full announcement: members.thefsga.org/news/Det… #FantasySports #SportsGaming #FSGA #FantasySportsHallOfFame

Palantir CEO Alex Karp on what customers actually want, the real business of frontier labs, and the importance of open source models: “What the technical customers want is control over their compute, their models, their data stack, and their alpha. They want to know they own the means of production, and it's not being transferred to someone else.” "Who owns the data? Are the prompts secure? Is this being transferred to you?" "If it was so valuable, and I can make you a billion dollars, wouldn't I say I'll make you a billion dollars and I want 30%? Why are they charging for tokens if it's so valuable?"

CHAMPIONS OF THE @BIG12CONFERENCE! #FORKSUP /// #BEELITE

The Tkachuk family is a national treasure. #USAvsCAN

Corbin Burnes to undergo Tommy John surgery, per @RomeroJoseM.

NOT A MISTAKE 😈 The Sun Devils take down No. 16 Kansas State 🔱 #ForksUp /// #ActivateTheValley