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Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness LP, was forced to liquidate its entire public stock portfolio after steep losses on AI-related bets, with Citadel stepping in to buy the holdings. The fund, which had grown to roughly $20–45 billion, also sought emergency capital from investors as prime brokers including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan worked to unwind positions.
Leopold Aschenbrenner, a German AI researcher, is trending because his hedge fund Situational Awareness LP was forced to liquidate its entire public stock portfolio after steep losses on AI-related bets, with Citadel acquiring the holdings.
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