Polymarket is making another big bet on the future of prediction markets by acquiring Dome, a Y Combinator-backed startup from the F25 batch that built a unified API designed to make prediction market data and tools easier for developers to use.
Dome co-founder Kurush Dubash shared the news in a LinkedIn post, reflecting on the startup’s original goal: “From day one, our mission was simple: make it easy and reliable to build in prediction markets. There’s no better place to push that mission forward than Polymarket.” He also expressed gratitude to backers including Will Ventures and Y Combinator, and described the Polymarket team as “the kind of partners every founder hopes for.”
Polymarket confirmed the deal on its own channels, making clear that the acquisition is centered on improving its developer ecosystem. “We’re committed to creating the best developer experience in prediction markets. Building a world class experience requires world class talent… Welcome to Polymarket, @GetDomeAPI.” The message underscores how seriously the company is taking the infrastructure side of its business as it scales.
Polymarket grows its prediction market universe with Dome and other partnerships
The Dome acquisition is only one piece of a much wider expansion strategy. Over the past year, Polymarket has moved well beyond political and sports forecasting, pushing into new partnerships and categories that increase its reach.
One of the most notable moves was a partnership with MetaMask. The self-custodial wallet became “the first wallet to integrate with prediction markets,” allowing users to access Polymarket directly from within the wallet while keeping control of their assets. By embedding prediction markets into a widely used crypto wallet, Polymarket attempts to position itself closer to mainstream digital asset users.
The company has also struck a multi-year agreement with PrizePicks aimed at bringing federally regulated prediction markets to a larger audience. Through that collaboration, Polymarket’s event contracts across sports and entertainment are being integrated into the PrizePicks platform, giving fans additional ways to engage with real-world outcomes.
This year, Polymarket also stepped into real estate through a partnership with blockchain real-estate data provider Parcl. By using Parcl’s independently verifiable daily housing price indices, the platform now offers markets that let participants take positions on whether home prices in major U.S. cities will move up or down over set timeframes.
Matthew Modabber, Polymarket’s CMO, drew attention why dependable data matters in these newer categories. “Parcl’s daily housing indices give us a strong foundation to launch housing markets that settle transparently and consistently. Real estate should be a first-class category in prediction markets, and this partnership is how we get there.”
Featured image: Polymarket / Dome
