Kalshi hires Google veteran Riva Sciuto as first head of external affairs
Kalshi has hired Riva Sciuto from Google and YouTube as its first head of external affairs, she announced on LinkedIn on June 10. Sciuto spent nearly 11 years at Google and YouTube before departing for the regulated prediction-market platform. The role marks a significant build-out of Kalshi's government-relations and communications function as it scales its product set and navigates Washington. No prior experience at a financial or trading firm is mentioned in the announcement. The hire follows Kalshi's recent expansion into sports event contracts and crypto-linked perpetuals as the platform faces intensifying regulatory and competitive pressure from state attorneys general, tribal nations, and rival platforms including Robinhood's Rothera exchange.
Sciuto's arrival completes a dual-headed policy and communications structure alongside former Meta executive Dani Lever, giving Kalshi veteran operators from two of tech's most scrutinized companies as CFTC and state-level legal fights escalate.
Sciuto joins a growing Kalshi leadership roster that already includes former Meta executive Dani Lever as head of communications, signaling the platform is assembling a veteran policy and comms bench ahead of its next regulatory fights.