Star AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner is unwinding trades after steep losses: CNBC
The hedge fund is selling public holdings and private stakes after AI losses and software shorts moved against it, with prime brokers helping manage margin pressure.
- On Wednesday, hedge fund Situational Awareness, led by 25-year-old founder Leopold Aschenbrenner, sold a majority of its public equity holdings to Ken Griffin's $71 billion firm, Citadel, after facing steep market losses.
- Margin calls forced the liquidation after a leveraged strategy betting on the artificial intelligence boom faltered, causing holdings in Nebius and Sandisk to tumble sharply in recent weeks.
- Millennium Management and Jane Street Group both bid for the portfolio but ultimately did not participate, leaving Citadel to execute the purchase through one enormous trade.
- Situational Awareness will continue as a private investment vehicle, retaining its significant stake in Anthropic PBC, which was last valued at $965 billion in a May Series H funding round.
- ZeroHedge dubbed the collapse "Archegos 2.0," comparing it to a family office that imploded on hidden leverage, though Aschenbrenner said the fund had "not been immune" to the recent sell-off.
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