His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart

Source: Freerepublic.com· The Wall Street Journal· July 31, 2026

Leopold Aschenbrenner was hailed as the ‘Nostradamus of AI.’ But his Situational Awareness hedge fund took on too much leverage, leading to a crash he never saw coming.When the week began, Leopold Aschenbrenner was preparing for his wedding. The plan was for …

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