--- title: OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on... description: OpenAI has terminated an employee who allegedly used confidential company information to make trades on prediction markets, including Polymarket and Kalshi.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-fires-employee-for-using-confidential-info-on-prediction-markets-g5nlmnocd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has terminated an employee who allegedly used confidential company information to make trades on prediction markets, including Polymarket and Kalshi.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-fires-employee-for-using-confidential-info-on-prediction-markets-g5nlmnocd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/g5nlmNoCD.png og:image:alt: OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has terminated an employee who allegedly used confidential company information to make trades on prediction markets, including Polymarket and Kalshi. The company confirmed the firing to Wired, stating the behavior violated internal policies prohibiting the use of inside information for personal gain. Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi allow wagers on real-world events, including OpenAI product announcements and IPO timing. The incident follows a similar case this week where Kalshi fined and banned a MrBeast editor for alleged insider trading on its platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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