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The power couple of AI is getting married in Carmel, days after groom Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund nearly blew up
Leopold Aschenbrenner, founder of Situational Awareness hedge fund, is set to marry Avital Balwit in Carmel, California, despite his fund facing a severe crisis. Aschenbrenner's leveraged bets on AI infrastructure stocks like CoreWeave and SK Hynix led to a 67% monthly loss, forcing him to sell assets to Citadel at a discount to avoid collapse. The fund survived with $10 billion remaining, retaining his stake in Anthropic.
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