
This week: Pascal raises $9M to build prediction markets for “serious traders”
Also: BetHog CEO on shutting down the platform, and Solus Compliance’s founder on building an AI product that stops marketing and legal from fighting.

Solas Compliance raised £670K so that marketing and legal don't have to fight
Founder Neil Dillon built an AI compliance tool from a friction point he lived on the inside at Flutter—marketing wants speed, legal wants control.
BetHog shuts down July 31 to go all-in on Sentient Studios’ AI dealers
CEO Nigel Eccles says the crypto casino was on a path to sustainability—but the AI dealer opportunity was too big to run as a side project.
This week: Octane Studios launches customizable AI dealers, starting with baccarat
Also: What Flutter is looking for in the next big startup at Affiliate Draft, and Monster League wins FSGA pitch competition for RPG-style fantasy game
Flutter's Affiliate Draft is back in 2026—here’s what they’re looking for in the next big startup
Ed Lyttel and Robert Fulforth on why Flutter is hunting startups that own the user journey—and what last year’s winner got right.











