Solomon Sia
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Updated 03/23/26Solomon Sia is a prediction markets advocate and policy researcher active in the Effective Altruism community. He holds a Master's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He serves as a board member of the Coalition for Political Forecasting, a policy organization that advocates for regulated real-money prediction markets as tools for improving democratic institutions and forecasting. In 2023, Sia received a grant from the Long-Term Future Fund to spend six months consulting with industry experts, users, and CFTC contacts to identify improvements to the US regulatory environment for prediction markets. He has co-authored multiple policy pieces on CFTC oversight of event contracts, including commentary on the PredictIt and Kalshi regulatory disputes, alongside colleagues Pratik Chougule and Mick Bransfield. He also worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Facebook, reflecting a background in both technology and policy.
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