{"id":97926,"title":"Forum - exchange to trade on attention.","tagline":"Long Claude Code, short Cursor (for real).","body":"**TL;DR:** We turn virality into tradable markets. \n\nHey! 👋 We’re Owen and Joseph, the founders of Forum. Today, the primary driver of global value is human attention – clicks, views, and shares. We’re making the first exchange to trade it. \n\nAs founders, we debate a lot about the attention on different companies, people, and cultural movements:\n\n* Is Claude Code more popular than Cursor?\n* Is Elon Musk more influential than Sam Altman?\n\nNow, we’re turning the relevance of these topics into tradable positions. I’m personally long Claude Code and short Cursor.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97926\u0026key=user_uploads/2579867/0d706da8-4782-4df2-9212-2946dab6b10c)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97926\u0026key=user_uploads/2579867/9679ef5a-e7bd-4945-9421-80799ed4a95b)\n\n**How it works:** We create an index that measures engagement (combining search and social metrics), and you bet on whether or not the index will go up or down.\n\nRight now, we’re using fake money (you all get $1,000), but we’re working to bring this to the US with real-money trading soon!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97926\u0026key=user_uploads/2579867/54d7ef88-8765-415a-a193-245d48d5507a)\n\n**The team:**\n\n* **Owen (CEO):** Traded long/short equities at Balyasny. Dropped out of Northwestern to help you short your friends' bad opinions.\n* **Joseph (CTO):** SWE at NASA and GEICO. Dropped out of Georgia Tech to build the next NASDAQ.\n\nHappy trading,\\\nOwen \u0026amp; Joseph","slug":"PTS-forum-exchange-to-trade-on-attention","created_at":"2026-02-18T04:43:35.558Z","updated_at":"2026-09-19T05:31:53.168Z","total_vote_count":32,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PTS-forum-exchange-to-trade-on-attention","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":31204,"name":"Forum","slug":"forum","url":"https://www.forum.market/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/8d74562fedba22811a7ce25c1922d244abfba883.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"Fintech","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31204"}}