Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness held $5.7 billion in SanDisk and $5.6 billion in Micron at the end of June, accounting for 56% of its $20 billion US stock portfolio, before th…
Jane Street, the New York-based quantitative trading firm, lost approximately $15 billion in July 2026, its first monthly loss in nearly a decade, driven by volatility in AI-related stocks and a conce…
Jane Street posted roughly $15 billion of losses in July, its first monthly slump in about a decade, as AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness swooned and dragged down asset prices across equity …
Jane Street, a major liquidity provider in the crypto market, reported a $15 billion loss in July due to its exposure to AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness and other technology stocks, accord…
Jane Street took a $15 billion hit in July from its exposure to AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness and other tech stocks battered by the market selloff, according to two people familiar with …
Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 24-year-old founder of hedge fund Situational Awareness, saw his $45 billion AI-focused fund unravel after excessive borrowing left him vulnerable when his bets faltered, fo…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund, Situational Awareness, which bet heavily on AI, lost more than two-thirds of its public equity holdings' value in four weeks and was forced to liquidate, with Citad…
Value Aligned Research Advisors' flagship VAR AI Fund fell 44% in July 2026, erasing nearly half its value amid a broader selloff in AI stocks, though year-to-date returns remain positive at 65%. The …
Situational Awareness invested $400 million in Source Foundry, a stealth semiconductor-manufacturing startup founded by Stanford researchers Abdulmalik Obaid and Joe Burg, bringing its reported total …
Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund run by Leopold Aschenbrenner, invested an additional $400 million in Source Foundry, a California chip manufacturing startup founded in 2025 by Stanfor…
AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness invested $400 million in Source Foundry, a stealth chip startup founded by Stanford researchers, bringing its total investment to $500 million. The fund, fo…
Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, made a US$400 million investment in chip manufacturing startup Source Foundry, backed by Sequoia Capita…
A 24-year-old hedge fund manager known as "AI Jesus" lost 78% of his $45 billion fund in six days after secret 5x leverage triggered margin calls, according to George Hahn on The Prof G Pod. The colla…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45 billion hedge fund, Situational Awareness, collapsed in late July after a sharp downswing in AI stocks triggered margin calls, forcing a fire sale of most of its publicly t…
Citadel's Wellington multistrategy fund gained 5.9% in July after acquiring approximately $16 billion in AI stocks from Situational Awareness, the collapsed hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher …
Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45 billion AI hedge fund, Situational Awareness, collapsed in late July 2026, triggering a 75% volatility spike in semiconductor stocks (SOX Index), the third such instance af…
Citadel, the hedge fund founded by Ken Griffin, acquired the majority of Situational Awareness's leveraged public-stock portfolio, valued at up to $16 billion, in a deal that closed around July 30, 20…
CNBC's Jim Cramer said the collapse of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness removed a major source of forced selling, clearing the way for a tech rally. The fund's failure, which occurred recen…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness lost 67% in July 2026, falling from $45 billion to $10 billion in assets under management, after concentrated bets on AI hardware and semicondu…
AI and semiconductor stock sell-offs in July 2026 hit stockpicking hedge funds, with Whale Rock Capital's flagship fund down 21.7% in the month, cutting its 2026 gains to 35.1% from 72.5% through June…