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AI hedge fund forced to sell its public stocks, but keeps Anthropic shares
Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness fund had to unwind its public stock portfolio after leveraged bets lost value, but it kept its private Anthropic shares.
Why it matters
Shows the risk of betting big on AI stocks with borrowed money, even for insiders close to the industry.
Latest brief · Jul 31, 2026