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The full thread of our Situational Awareness coverage — a running record of every development we've tracked, with the VC take on each.

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  1. Aug 24, 2026FUNDINGSEC Probes Situational Awareness Fund's Fire Sale→
  2. Jul 31, 2026BIG TECHAschenbrenner's $45B AI Hedge Fund Forced Into Fire Sale$45B to ~$10B→

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FUNDING· Aug 24, 2026

SEC Probes Situational Awareness Fund's Fire Sale

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FUNDING

SEC Probes Situational Awareness Fund's Fire Sale

The SEC is investigating the near-collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness hedge fund, subpoenaing Wall Street banks over a forced discount sale of its stock portfolio to Citadel after leverage of up to 400% unwound.

Aug 24, 2026FOLLOW-UP
BIG TECH· Jul 31, 2026

Aschenbrenner's $45B AI Hedge Fund Forced Into Fire Sale

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BIG TECH$45B to ~$10B

Aschenbrenner's $45B AI Hedge Fund Forced Into Fire Sale

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund was forced to unwind nearly all its public stock positions after leveraged AI-infrastructure bets moved sharply against it, shrinking from roughly $45 billion to about $10 billion in weeks.

Jul 31, 2026
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