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Situational Awareness

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Situational Awareness is an AI-focused hedge fund founded by Leopold Aschenbrenner that has concentrated on AI infrastructure investments. In recent coverage, the fund was forced to reduce and largely liquidate its public stock portfolio after declines in AI-related stocks, leading to sharp losses and margin-call-driven selling, while it continued to hold certain private investments, including shares in Anthropic. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also subpoenaed banks connected to the fund as part of a probe related to its trading activity, and the firm says it will cooperate.

Updated 10 September 2026

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2 stories (-67%)

Media momentum

As of 17 Sep 2026 · Visible stories in the last 30 days, compared with the 30 days before.

4 sources

Source diversity

As of 17 Sep 2026 · Distinct publications behind this entity's visible coverage.

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Release activity

As of 17 Sep 2026 · Model, product and open-source release events in the last 90 days whose coverage involves this entity.

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As of 17 Sep 2026 · Funding and acquisition events in the last 90 days whose coverage involves this entity.

Jul 2026 → Aug 2026

Coverage span

As of 17 Sep 2026 · First to most recent month of TLDRocket coverage of this entity.

Funding history

Latest developments

SEC subpoenas Wall Street banks over Situational Awareness Fortune · 16
Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC TechCrunch · 3 weeks ago · 39 Jane Street lost $15 billion in its first down month in a decade Fortune · 26
Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry TechCrunch · 1 month ago · 46 The power couple of AI is getting married in Carmel, days after groom Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund nearly blew up Fortune · 43 Leopold Aschenbrenner's $20B AI fund sold its leveraged stock portfolio to Citadel Financial Times · 1 month ago · 43
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares TechCrunch · 1 month ago · 19
The loss of Situational Awareness The Verge · 1 month ago · 39

Timeline

Month Quarter Year

August 2026

SEC subpoenas banks to obtain records related to trading and funding activities of the AI hedge fund Situational Awareness Legal action

July 2026

Situational Awareness hedge fund liquidates leveraged portfolio after semiconductor losses Incident

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Partnerships

  • Partnered with Citadel · 1 source

Products & technology

  • Derived from OpenAI · 1 source

Investment & ownership

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