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Forum

Forum

Winter 2026

The first regulated exchange to trade on attention.

San Francisco, CA, USA20262 peopleActive
FinanceInvestingTrading

About Company

Forum is building the first regulated exchange to trade on cultural attention. We create indices from search, social, and streaming data to measure what the world cares about, enabling users to go long or short on changes in relevance. Attention is the primary driver of business success in the digital age, but it has never been directly tradable. Forum introduces attention as a new asset class for managing cultural and demand risk.

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Owen Botkin

Owen Botkin

Founder

Co-founder of Forum. Prev L/S equities @ Balyasny.

Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas

Founder

Co-founder of Forum. Prev SWE @ GEICO, NASA, and DreamwaveAI.

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workspace_premiumBatchWinter 2026
groupTeam Size2
calendar_monthFounded2026
trending_upStageEarly
categoryIndustryFintech
location_onLocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
boltStatusActive
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