About Me

Hey, I'm Nick Yoder!

I am a mathematician and former quantitative trader. After 15 years on Wall Street, I am now focusing on Mechanistic Interpretability and AI safety.

My goal is to work on Mech Interp at a frontier AI team.


My interests including travel, sailing, motorcycling, and hiking. I am a private pilot and novice OCR athlete.

Before Wall Street, I was a Firefighter for three years.

I attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, graduating with degrees in Finance, Mathematics and Engineering.

After college, I moved to New York to join Morgan Stanley as a derivatives trader, eventually running a Dispersion and Exotics desk.

After 6 years at Morgan Stanley, I raised capital and launch my hedge fund.

For fun and networking, I occasionally give lectures on finance, quantum physics, and the mathematics of AI.


This site was made to share travel photos, books and personal essays on science, history, politics, and AI.

If any of my articles spark an interest (or you just want to connect), please reach out at nickyoder10@gmail.com

Nick Yoder,