# Aschenbrenner's AI Hedge Fund Is Forced to Liquidate Its Public Stock Book After a 67 Percent Monthly Loss

Situational Awareness sold its entire public equity portfolio to Citadel in a single block trade after leveraged bets on chip stocks and against software firms reversed.

- Published: 2026-08-01T05:44:51.300Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-01/aschenbrenner-s-ai-hedge-fund-is-forced-to-liquidate-its-pub
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: markets
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The AI-focused hedge fund run by Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 23-year-old former OpenAI Superalignment researcher who wrote the 2024 essay "Situational Awareness," has been forced to unwind its entire public stock portfolio after steep losses…

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