Key facts
- Kalshi said the remote position pays a fixed project fee of $100,000 to $120,000 plus a $15,000 completion fee.
- The role requires livestreaming Grand Theft Auto VI from midnight on November 19, when the game is scheduled for release.
- Kalshi is seeking an established gamer and streamer with their own channel and setup.
- Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, officially announced the game in 2023.
Kalshi said on November 12 that it wants to hire a "GTA VI Researcher," a remote role that entails livestreaming gameplay of Grand Theft Auto VI beginning at midnight on November 19, when the game is scheduled for release, Business Insider reported on November 14.
The prediction market platform said the fixed project fee ranges from $100,000 to $120,000, plus a $15,000 project completion fee. Kalshi said candidates must be an "established gamer and streamer" with their own channel and must use their own setup.
Kalshi described the work as streaming "the entire journey," investigating the in-game region of Leonida's economy and studying what happens to the real economy when players take time off on launch day. The company said it wants the person who finds the optimal money-making strategy and builds a spreadsheet to prove it.
Grand Theft Auto VI is developed by Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. Rockstar officially announced the game in 2023, a decade after Grand Theft Auto V. A hacker leaked footage of the game while it was in development in 2022.