# Leopold Aschenbrenner - Inside The $45B AI Bet That Unravelled

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Leopold Aschenbrenner, a young AI prodigy, founded the hedge fund Situational Awareness, which rapidly grew to $45 billion by leveraging aggressive investments in AI infrastructure but collapsed due to high-risk leverage and market downturns. The crisis was mitigated by Ken Griffin’s intervention, highlighting the volatile nature of high-stakes AI investing and the importance of strategic risk management.

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