Leopold Aschenbrenner

“Author of 2024 essay Situational Awareness built on insider access to OpenAI and views of Carl Shulman, viewed as prescient on AI progress.”

“Wrote 'Situational Awareness' essay predicting economic growth rates of 30% per year and beyond in the decade ahead”

“Leopold Aschenbrenner, a safety researcher at OpenAI, departed the company in recent departures.”

“Former OpenAI researcher who founded Situational Awareness hedge fund based on his viral essay predicting AI would become more powerful than humans; fund collapsed from $45 billion to $10 billion in July 2026 after leveraged bets on AI infrastructure stocks.”

“Former OpenAI Superalignment team member whose hedge fund Situational Awareness collapsed after leveraged bets on AI boom.”

“AI-focused investment fund manager who sent investor update on fund's roughest month since launch”

“Leopold Aschenbrenner founded Situational Awareness, a $20B AI-focused hedge fund that liquidated its public equities portfolio and sold it to Citadel.”

“25-year-old former OpenAI Superalignment employee who founded AI infrastructure hedge fund, sold public portfolio to Citadel after margin calls.”

“Former OpenAI researcher whose Situational Awareness Fund liquidated public holdings and sold positions to Citadel following AI sector losses.”

“25-year-old former OpenAI researcher who launched Situational Awareness hedge fund with 439% returns through June before recent losses.”

“24-year-old founder of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness that lost billions after AI stock decline forced asset sale to Citadel.”

“Committed $7 billion as cornerstone investor in SK Hynix's Nasdaq IPO; his AI thesis is widely read across the industry.”

“Founded AGI-focused investment fund that led Fluidstack's funding round, backing AI infrastructure development.”

“Made argument that US government should not let private startups develop superintelligence, comparing to nuclear weapons development.”