Whim.bet creates prediction markets for livestreams by using AI to identify engaging moments and automatically generate betting opportunities. Viewers can wager on emergent stream events in real-time, turning their insights into tradable positions and providing creators with a new revenue stream tied to viewer participation.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional livestream engagement relies on passive chat interactions, which do not directly monetize viewer anticipation or predict emergent events. This disconnect limits opportunities for creators to capitalize on viewer excitement and for viewers to actively participate in the unfolding narrative of a stream.
Solution
Whim.bet transforms livestreams into dynamic prediction markets by leveraging AI to identify moments of high viewer engagement and automatically generate natural-language betting markets. The platform facilitates real-time, on-chain wagering on these emergent events, allowing viewers to convert their predictive insights into tradable positions. This creates a novel revenue stream for content creators, directly correlating their earnings with viewer participation and stream volatility. The system utilizes autonomous agents to analyze video, audio, and metadata for key signals, rapidly creating markets such as "Will the player clutch this round?" The underlying automated market maker (AMM) models provide real-time odds adjustments as the stream progresses, with outcomes verified through agent consensus or integrated APIs for swift settlement.
Target Audience
The platform targets livestream viewers who wish to actively engage with content and speculate on emergent events, as well as content creators seeking to monetize viewer engagement and stream dynamics.
Features
- AI-driven event detection from video, audio, and metadata to identify 'pay-attention' signals within livestreams.
- Automated generation of natural-language prediction markets based on detected stream events.
- On-chain Automated Market Maker (AMM) models for real-time odds adjustment and liquidity provision.
- Instantaneous settlement of wagers upon event outcome verification via agent consensus or API integration.
- Neo-cyberpunk user interface displaying live odds, volume indicators, and engagement heatmaps.
- Integrated clip archive featuring a mosaic of flagged moments for review.
- Polymarket-style orderbook depth, price charting, and related market discovery.
- User profile console for tracking experience points (XP), signal score, and platform token balances.
- $WHIM token utility for market participation, staking, and governance.
- Creator reward mechanism distributing a portion of platform fees to streamers.