Aschenbrenner's $400 million bet was a survival mechanism
The current media frenzy around Situational Awareness, and its founder Leopold Aschenbrenner, is exhausting.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
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Gen-Alpha’s Warren Buffett, Leopold Aschenbrenner, just learned Wall Street’s oldest lesson: Chart of the Day
The spectacle of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has provided a perfect, if rather painful, demonstration of how quickly even the most meticulously…
By Elena Rossi ·
Why Situational Awareness hedge fund imploded, even in a tame stock market
There is a certain kind of breathless narrative that permeates the financial press these days, one suggesting that technological breakthroughs are immune to history.
By Elena Rossi ·
Citadel’s swoop on Situational Awareness helped stem a $3tn AI rout
The latest chapter in tech finance reads like a cautionary fairy tale—except that the stakes are measured in trillions.
By Maya Ellison ·
Leopold Aschenbrenner vows to ‘fight another day’ after fund plunges 67% in July
The latest financial fireworks display—the spectacular implosion of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund—is not merely an investment flop; it is a perfect, sickening portrait of…
By Maya Ellison ·
How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the ‘golden child’ of the AI trade, was laid low
You read headlines about "AI savants" and "superintelligence," but what matters to me is always the payroll.
By Ray Dombrowski ·