Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Olympic gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson sit down to talk about Athlos, the new league reinventing track and field as “the F1 of athletics.”

From Angel City FC ($300M valuation, once considered “insane”) to athletes getting paid within seconds via Cash App, Ohanian breaks down why women’s sports is the biggest investing opportunity of the decade. Richardson shares what it’s like to be the fastest woman on the planet and why she said yes to becoming an owner, not just an athlete.

With 4 million viewers, team-based racing, athlete equity stakes, and three meets planned for 2026, Athlos is proving the market was always there, it just wasn’t being served.

Key topics:

  • “More Americans watch the US Open women’s final than the men’s”
  • Why the NWSL was on Lifetime — and what that says about the “curse of low expectations”
  • Serena tried to talk him out of Angel City — here’s why
  • Athlos as the F1 of track and field
  • Athletes paid within seconds: Cash App partnership
  • Team-based format with athlete equity stakes
  • “Sport is the last thing left standing in the AI age”
  • The first billion-dollar women’s team within five years

Speakers:

  • Alexis Ohanian, Founder & GP, Seven Seven Six; Co-Founder, Reddit
  • Sha’Carri Richardson, Olympic Gold Medalist; Founding Advisor & Part-Owner, Athlos
  • Emily Biscardi, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, The OK Sweetie Show (Moderator)

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 “In 2025 alone, women’s sports revenue was $2.3 billion”
0:37 What drew Alexis to women’s sports
1:00 “More Americans watch the US Open women’s final than the men’s”
1:11 Serena tried to talk him out of Angel City
2:17 Sha’Carri on going pro at 19
3:57 What is Athlos? “The F1 of track and field”
6:59 Sha’Carri’s first reaction to Alexis’s call
8:25 Athlete pay: “Within seconds of the scores being logged”
9:09 “That is not normal for track and field”
11:02 Team-based format with athlete equity
13:27 Cash App partnership and instant payouts
15:09 F1 model: Teams, merch, and running billboards
18:44 Sha’Carri on team dynamics in an individual sport
22:54 Sports betting and prediction markets
25:16 “Sport is the last thing left standing in the AI age”
27:22 Sha’Carri: “Visibility is going to trump everything”

Recorded at Global Alts Miami 2026 | Presented by iConnections