**[Kalshi Launches Small Business Risk Hedging AI Tool Blanket]** According to Deep Tide TechFlow on August 7, as reported by *Fortune*, prediction market exchange Kalshi, in collaboration with independent financial economist Lauris Zminsky, has launched an AI tool called Blanket to provide risk hedging discovery services for small businesses. Users simply need to input specific business risks (such as hurricane seasons, fuel price fluctuations, abnormal weather conditions, etc.), and Blanket's AI inference engine will match corresponding prediction market contracts on the Kalshi platform to help businesses hedge related risk exposures. Blanket is positioned as a pure discovery tool and does not involve any financial transactions. Actual trade execution and compliance reviews are conducted on the Kalshi platform, which is regulated by the CFTC. Kalshi stated that small business hedging has become an important growth segment for the company, and Blanket aims to provide more small and medium-sized enterprises with a self-service risk management entry point without the need for sales interactions.