Citadel Snaps Up $16B Holdings from Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI Fund After Steep Losses
toptickcrypto · x · 2026-07-31
According to the Financial Times, hedge fund Citadel swooped in to buy a large portion of the $16 billion public equity holdings from Situational Awareness. The fund, founded by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, endured steep losses during the recent AI sell-off.
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