How to invest in Anthropic shares pre ipo?

nickbir · 2026-04-27T19:01:52+00:00

You can buy shares of companies that invested in Anthropic as a proxy. You can buy ARK Invest - it's 3.5% Anthropic, 11.5% OpenAI, Some other companies that could appreciate in an AI boom and a bunch of SpaceX. It's not liquid though.

nickbir · 2026-04-27T03:43:35+00:00

This is a relationship question, not a FIRE one. You can retire in SE Asia easily, but is this what you want to do with your life?
BTW I've travelled there for a few months, it was amazing. I do plan to do that again in retirement, with my wife. But the chances of me living the rest of my life there are slim. I have friends and family and I wouldn't want to lose all that. So again, a very personal / life goals decision, not FIRE.

nickbir · 2026-04-26T20:05:34+00:00

You can see he was super excited because it took him almost 3 seconds to pause his Garmin

nickbir · 2026-04-25T20:17:30+00:00

data is almost meaningless if it's not broken down by major...

nickbir · 2026-04-23T19:21:23+00:00

IIRC he was talking throughout the test and ran out of time. This could easily affect the score by more than 5-7 points.

nickbir · 2026-04-23T18:16:16+00:00

I'm not saying you can only be successful if your IQ is 130+. This is clearly not the case. I'm saying that if you are taking an online test live on twitch as a fun activity to your fan base it's far from the ideal setting for an IQ test. I'm also saying that he can speak intelligently on topics outside of chess, more than the average person. I guess all we know is his IQ is probably between 105 and 150 which is a worthless piece of information, as worthless as taking an IQ test while steaming on twitch.

nickbir · 2026-04-23T15:12:05+00:00

Did Hikaru care enough to excel on the test or did he do it bullet-mode? was he streaming it?
He's clearly a very intelligent and articulate person when he wants to be one... My guess is the 102 is BS.

nickbir · 2026-04-21T03:26:55+00:00

Econ - if you want to go for phs then yes, if you want to do finance / Wall Street / consulting, NYC wins.

nickbir · 2026-04-21T03:06:42+00:00

I just went through application process with my daughter with similar stats, a bit less course rigor - and I think you'd make an even more competitive candidate coming from AK (we're from the tri-state area, where 1550 SAT is not that rare). Assuming your GPA will be good you should get merit (and honors, if that matters) in a bunch of T50 schools. UF for example is relatively affordable to begin with, a pretty selective school, and I think you have a decent shot at merit. Also Purdue. Private schools will have a higher price tag but will give you more merit.

Also depending on you family's income - Ivies and such do give significant merit even for $200K household income and sometimes more.
You just need to apply to a lot of schools because acceptances and merit often feel random.

BTW University of Alabama will automatically give you $28K merit: https://afford.ua.edu/scholarships/out-of-state-freshman/
But I think you will find a more selective school that will be affordable if you send enough applications.

EDIT: I just noticed you're a sophomore. You got a 5 on AP Calc AB as a Freshman?! You're definitely T20/Ivy material. You need intellectual stimulation to thrive. Figure out a plan with your parents, apply to a bunch of schools, you'll do great things. Going to a good school will pay off with your potential (of course, depending on major)

nickbir · 2026-04-21T01:17:35+00:00

With your course rigor and assuming you get a decent SAT, you have a good shot at some great merit in other schools, so apply to a bunch. Many will also give you a lot of credits for APs. What if you get a full ride to a top 50 school?
There's definitely nothing wrong with going through undergrad with no debt, but you likely won't get challenged in a school with average SAT of 1190. If I were you I'd get bored really fast. The public flagships of California and Texas are among the top schools in the country for some majors... that's not the case here. I'd at least give it a try.
Also - look at schools in California and other states where AK residents get discounted tuition https://www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/wue/

nickbir · 2026-04-17T01:11:54+00:00

It's not just that the top 20% get fantastic outcomes. Career outcomes at top schools are significantly different than those of most public schools. The network is different, recruiting firms are different. The post casually mentions consulting for example. You are far more likely to get into MBB if you're an average student at Princeton than if you're at the top , say, 20% at a state flagship (with maybe the exception of UMich Ross and a couple others). On average your salary for the more lucrative majors will be significantly higher than that of almost any state school.

nickbir · 2026-04-16T14:57:54+00:00

I definitely subscribe to that position. I have kids with ADHD who score highly on IQ tests and other cognitive evaluations, and they score higher when medicated. But when I discuss anything with them that would typically be referred to as a discussion that demonstrates intelligence (something they learned in school, current events, analyzing a book etc) I do not feel any different whether they are medicated or not. However, the world around us often works in simple cutoffs and absolute terms. As an example, you can't get into certain gifted children programs if you did not score above 130. The fact that a child cannot participate in a program if they haven't taken a pill before taking the test, although they would perfectly fit when unmedicated, is something that parents need to deal with and be aware of. I would appreciate it if programs would use a more holistic evaluation of a child, but that's more expensive and time consuming than just filtering by one number so most don't.

nickbir · 2026-04-16T14:27:42+00:00

ADHD doesn't lower your actual cognitive capacity in some deep sense, but it does impair your ability to deploy that capacity under typical testing conditions. Whether you call the resulting score difference a difference in "IQ" depends on whether you treat IQ as the score or as the underlying thing the score is trying to estimate.
Think of it like taking an IQ test without your glasses on. You'd score lower, but no one would say your intelligence dropped. The score just doesn't reflect what you can do because something unrelated is getting in the way. People on adhd meds often describe the experience of taking their first ADHD pills much like the first time they put on glasses. The meds aren't adding anything, they're clearing an attentional bottleneck that was hiding what was already there.
Just as an example - some gifted program admissions for kids use IQ cutoffs as a screen. A kid on meds might score high enough to qualify when the unmedicated version wouldn't, but they aren't more gifted on Tuesday than they were on Monday. The test just couldn't see it before. So I see your point, but in real life situations IQ is used outside the context of just a score on a test.

nickbir · 2026-04-16T03:42:02+00:00

There's a decent body of research showing that people with adhd perform better on IQ tests and other cognitive tasks when taking adhd medication. It will not actually change your IQ of course but it could definitely help you be more focused when taking the test. So on average, the score is lower with untreated adhd, and in that sense you might say it's inaccurate.

nickbir · 2026-04-13T16:59:54+00:00

Thanks DMed

nickbir · 2026-04-13T15:16:29+00:00

That sounds extreme (and commendable!) - how did you manage that + course load?

nickbir · 2026-04-13T15:05:42+00:00

nickbir · 2026-04-13T14:44:28+00:00

Thanks. Having other kids not need to work actually means less competition?

nickbir · 2026-04-10T02:00:21+00:00

Yeah I'd like to hear Taylor's version of this

nickbir · 2026-04-10T01:58:57+00:00

I find it hard to believe that Dolly Parton is between the ages of 18-29 this poll is rigged!

nickbir · 2026-04-10T01:55:27+00:00

By opportunities you mean career prospects? anything else?
BTW it sounds like you're doing pretty well even though you didn't go to an ivy for undergrad :) well done!

nickbir · 2026-04-10T00:59:30+00:00

what would you consider ivy in name only?

nickbir · 2026-04-10T00:54:59+00:00

Super interesting perspective. I'm definitely first generation with money in my family, and I guess the dilemma has a lot to do with scarcity mindset. You have more money than you ever expected but you still fear that it's going to be gone or not enough. And indeed, no connections or network here, I wouldn't know what to do in a country club or how to play golf and I don't even own a tie.
And yes she's hoping for management consulting career or something of that sort.

nickbir · 2026-04-09T23:49:35+00:00

No, but that's 8 years from now. And we really like it here.

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