OPTIC
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OPTIC is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 09, 2023 and October 16, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “OPTIC is looking for participants and volunteers”; “One of the recent impact market forecasting projects, OPTIC”. It most often appears alongside Manifold Markets, Sam Bankman-Fried, Academic Decathlon.
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- Category: Organizations
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: October 09, 2023
- Last seen: October 16, 2023
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- Manifold Markets (2 shared issues)
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- Sam Bankman-Fried (2 shared issues)
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- Academic Decathlon (1 shared issues)
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- ACX Grants (1 shared issues)
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- EA community (1 shared issues)
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- Astral Codex Ten (1 shared issues)
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- Astralcodexten (1 shared issues)
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- Austin (1 shared issues)
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- Austin Chen (1 shared issues)
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2: OPTIC Forecasting Tournament
Their pilot event last April attracted 31 individual competitors, but they’re already planning three more tournaments this fall.
Inline links: last April
Saul kept 22% of equity in OPTIC, and the remainder was bought by three investors, with Domenic Denicola holding the majority share. Domenic will turn his $3306 investment into $6072, and Saul will earn $2024 for his hard work (will he share with Jingyi and Tom? That's for him to decide, but cheating co-founders is a venerable startup tradition!)
2: One of the recent impact market forecasting projects, OPTIC, asks me to broadcast the following appeal:
Inline links: impact market
OPTIC is announcing intercollegiate forecasting tournaments in SF, DC, and Boston. Think 1-day hackathon/olympiad/debate tournament, but for forecasting the future — teams predict on topics ranging from geopolitics to celebrity twitter patterns to financial asset prices, and the best forecasters get thousands of dollars in cash prizes and exclusive internships at Metaculus.
Tournaments will be run in the Bay Area (November 4), DC (November 18) and Boston (December 2). Register here (3-7 min)!
Inline links: here