Situational Awareness Liquidates Public Portfolio Following Leveraged AI Infrastructure Slump

By Marina Temkin · TechCrunch · 2026-07-30

TechCrunch reports that Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund sold the bulk of its public holdings to Citadel after a month of devastating market losses. The firm faced a sharp reversal of fortune as its leveraged bets on semiconductor manufacturers and power infrastructure provider