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Luana Lopes Lara

Executive officer and director at Kalshi.

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Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Aug 25, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Luana Lopes Lara

Luana Lopes Lara is an executive officer and director at Kalshi.

Luana Lopes Lara first appears on SEC filings in 2020.

Experience

This experience comes from Luana Lopes Lara's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Luana Lopes Lara in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Kalshi Inc. Current
Co-founder (2019 – Present)
Director
2019 – Present · New York, NY
An exchange where traders buy and sell contracts on the outcomes of future events.
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Researcher
2018 – 2019
Citadel Securities
Quantitative Trading
2018
Five Rings Capital, LLC
Quantitative Trading Internship
2018
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Researcher
2016 – 2018
Bridgewater Associates
Software Engineer
2017
MIT School of Engineering
Teaching Assistant
2016
ZX Ventures
Summer Startup Accelerator Program
2016
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Business Development
2015
MIT Media Lab
Undergraduate Researcher
2014 – 2015
Salzburger Landestheater
Ballerina
2014

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Luana Lopes Lara works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Kalshi Inc. · Form D, Aug 25, 2026
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Alfred Lin
Director
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Matt Huang
Director
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Tarek Mansour
Co-founder and CEO, director

Sources

  1. SECKalshi Inc. Form D, filed Aug 25, 2026