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Nino Is Live in Beta

A look back at Nino’s beta: accounts, equity scenarios, and financial questions in one place, with a human team to help.

Reviewed by Levi Larsen, CFP
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Key points

  • The beta launch introduced household finance features and early investment views.
  • The option example is historical and before tax; current product terms may differ.

Nino’s beta brought an account overview, AI-assisted financial questions, and human financial and tax support into one service. The first version focused on decisions that cross account boundaries:

  • What to do with stock options
  • How a purchase affects cash
  • How a financial choice changes the tax bill

What our users kept telling us

People wanted to:

  • See their accounts together
  • Understand their equity awards
  • Know what a major decision would leave them with after taxes

They also wanted professional help that used the same household information, without retelling the whole story each time.

Those needs shaped the beta’s account overview, spending information, equity scenarios, and tax planning connected with filing. AI helped people explore questions. The human team provided financial and tax support.

The connection mattered. An equity decision might look attractive in a stock-price chart but leave too little cash for a tax payment or a house purchase. We wanted the household’s other plans in view while considering the transaction.

The question we get most: “What do I do with my options?”

The beta’s Simulate tab showed the arithmetic behind an equity decision. Its example used 181,231 options, a $0.08 strike, and a hypothetical sale price of $0.16:

Step Math Amount
Buy the shares 181,231 × $0.08 $14,498.48
Sell the shares 181,231 × $0.16 $28,996.96
Gain before taxes, fees Sale minus purchase $14,498.48

That is a 100% gain on the purchase payment before taxes and fees. It is not the amount necessarily available to spend. The sale must be permitted, and the option type and timing change the tax result.

Modeling an ISO exercise in Nino’s beta Simulate tab

The example also raised questions the price calculation could not answer:

  • Which shares had vested
  • When the options expired
  • What current valuation applied
  • How much wealth was already tied to the company

A future expiration date leaves time to decide, but does not by itself establish that waiting is best.

Equity considerations shown in Nino’s beta Insights view

The IRS stock-option guidance and Form 6251 instructions explain why a screen’s estimated gain is only one part of the decision.

What changed after the beta

Today, you can choose how much help you want:

  • AI software: Connect accounts, bring financial information together, ask questions, and explore projections yourself.
  • AI software + services: Add a human CPA and financial planner team to build your financial plan, handle tax planning and filing, and help put the plan into action.

The beta screenshots remain here as a record of the launch. For today’s features, plan details, and trial terms, see current plans.

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