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Jul 30, 2026

Situational Awareness hedge fund collapses after losing $35 billion in AI selloff

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness rapidly sold most of its public equity holdings to Citadel after assets plunged from $45 billion to $10 billion in one month during the AI stock selloff. The fund was founded by the former OpenAI researcher with no prior hedge fund experience.

Jul 30, 2026·7 sources
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  • ▪The essay argued that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could arrive by 2027 and that governments were underestimating the pace of AI progress
  • ▪The fund's largest holdings included SK Hynix, CoreWeave, Sandisk, and Nebius Group, all of which fell more than 30% in July 2026
  • ▪The essays served as the theoretical basis for the fund's strategy of investing heavily in AI-related infrastructure companies

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