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Alexis Ohanian

Co-founder of Reddit, Initialized Capital

Search every verified Alexis Ohanian interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and a venture investor, has been active in women's sports, particularly through Athlos, a track and field league he founded. In September 2026 appearances, he discussed the league's growth, noting record-breaking prize money, a sellout crowd in New York, and millions of viewers for its first meet. He also mentioned adding field events, such as a long jump competition in Times Square, and increasing prize money in subsequent years. Ohanian described Athlos as a business investment, comparing it to other ventures like rocket companies or media projects, and said he aims to treat it like any other market opportunity rather than framing it primarily as charity or inspiration. Ohanian also spoke about his role as co-owner of Chelsea Women and his broader investment thesis in women's sports. He attributed the potential for growth in part to the success of athletes like Serena and Venus Williams, and he noted that in the U.S., soccer is often perceived as a women's sport due to the national team's achievements. He said he had considered buying a league in 2019 instead of an NWSL expansion team, and he described Athlos as a "second chance" to build something new. In a separate interview, he shared that he and his wife, Serena Williams, have one rule for their daughters: they can pursue any career as long as they do their best and aim for something useful. He also mentioned that his daughter Olympia was interviewing athletes at the Athlos event.

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“I think the advantage of America only having one soccer culture which is women's because our men are so bad is that we it is so easy for us to embrace it as a different product because we don't compare. The average American, if you say, think of the best soccer player you can think of, probably thinks of like Mia Ham, Brandy Chastain, like this generation of Americans who just whooped the world's ass and won everythi”

“I knew the business of women's sport could work certainly because Serena Venus proved it. And again, in America, tennis is well in the whole world tennis is as much a woman's sport as a men's sport. In the United States, I would say it's actually slightly more of a women's sport because Serena and Venus were so great, right? We've never had the American men have had Yeah, we had Sampas. We've had really great I love ”

“I think where you start to see the challenge is a lot of these companies in a previous decade would have already been public. And because companies held off going public longer, the private markets became a place that was effectively dealing like a public marketplace. So you're seeing these valuations. You're seeing this increase. I think it is a positive for America and for the world that, you know, retail that that”

“I think right now, most of us in venture and in tech have been waiting for some watershed moment IPO to hopefully get the markets back open. Looks like that is upon us. And just generally speaking, I've been so excited about space tech for about five, six, seven years now. And that to me is, I think this is feels like a milestone moment. This was an investment thesis that was unthinkable a decade ago for most investo”

“I always have to give her uh Serena and Venus their flowers. Like, they proved the business viability of women's professional sports. No one doubts for a second that women's professional tennis is as valuable as men's professional tennis, right? And that is the one story in sports where you see that kind of parity and that level of excellence. And so, you know, she and Venus created the blueprint. Billie Jean King ob”

“Cash rules everything around us here. Like, having record-breaking prize money automatically sets a standard that then brings brands to the table, brings fans to the table, and all that stuff starts multiplying. These athletes are still competing outside the Olympics. It's just before Athlos, they weren't making very much money. And so, we wanted to set a standard where these athletes got paid. With a partnership we ”

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