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Meta employees testing prediction-market app Takes, report says

The internal app uses credibility credits instead of real money, and there is no clear timetable for a public launch.

Illustration of a smartphone interface with event prediction questions
Photo: CNA

Employees at Meta Platforms have started trying out Takes, a prediction-market app, according to a November 13 media report citing people familiar with the matter.

Participants bet on how events or questions will be resolved using “cred,” a shortened form of credibility, instead of cash, the report said. Access remains closed to the public, and whether or when that will change is unclear.

Meta did not immediately answer a request for comment.

A recent S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan survey found that just over 60% of users of prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket were younger than 35.

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