We are sad to announce that Austin has officially stepped down from Manifold as of the beginning of this month to devote himself full time to non-profit work at Manifund. This change has been a long time in the making, but we’re still sad to see him go and excited to see what he does next. More details in his market.
Politics: We’ve completed our politics dashboard in time for the upcoming presidential election. It features beautiful visualizations of all the key races, curated news on breaking issues, and markets showing policy consequences of Trump versus Biden. We expect this to drive more and more traffic as election day approaches.
Manifold TV: The future of live betting is here! The concept is very simple: users schedule an event featuring a YouTube/Twitch stream and an accompanying market. Our inaugural event was a State of the Union watch party, which our users loved. We expect the presidential debates to be big.
Partner Program: New incentive program for creators to share and promote their content.
AI: Our new AI dashboard, featuring our AGI Countdown Timer.
Love: We’ve put our dating app in maintenance mode to focus on the core platform.
Other features: numeric markets, improved profile/portfolio page, infrastructure improvements
Buzz
- We’re in the New Yorker! (We’re not mentioned by name but some of our markets are.)
- Stephen and Stephen talk Manifold on Manifold (I’m on Steve Hsu’s wonderfully-named podcast)
- Following the latest ACX piece on the Rootclaim debate, Manifold is now the premier place on the internet to debate covid origins (market currently at 53% lab origin!)