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TechnologyT2 · Outlet report

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund lost most of its value. Now it’s back with $400M.

This article was published on August 6, 2026 Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund rode the infrastructure boom to spectacular gains, then lost most of its value in a single month. Now…

3 updates1 source3 weeks long3 mentions here
Aug 6, 2026 → Aug 26, 2026
Latest: The SEC wants to know who lent Aschenbrenner the money · The Next Web
TechnologyT2 · Outlet report

Kai-Fu Lee stopped building AI models and started selling enterprise data infrastructure. Now 01.ai is heading for a Hon

This article was published on July 20, 2026 Lee conceded the model race after DeepSeek. 01.ai now fine-tunes open-weight models and wraps them in data software for enterprises.…

7 updates1 source1 mention here
Jul 31, 2026
Latest: Meta has a new open-weight AI model. · The Verge
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AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident

Aggressive training techniques sharpens threat of bad behavior by leading models. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman earlier this month endorsed the characterization of its latest…

41 updates1 source1 mention here
Jul 30, 2026
Latest: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith's valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year | TechCrunch · TechCrunch
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Meta’s Hyperion data centre hits $50bn and splits a town

This article was published on July 13, 2026 Meta’s Hyperion data centre in rural Louisiana has quintupled from $10bn to more than $50bn in under two years. In a parish of 20,000…

10 updates1 source1 mention here
Jul 30, 2026
Latest: Amazon and Apple just told us more about their AI plans - here are three things we learned · BBC

Coverage timeline (6 latest)

The most recent articles mentioning Leopold Aschenbrenner, grouped by month. Open a story above to read it as a full timeline.

August 2026

3 articles
Aug 26, 2026 · The Next Web
The SEC wants to know who lent Aschenbrenner the money

This article was published on August 26, 2026 The Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of America over Situational…

Aug 18, 2026 · The Next Web
Situational Awareness sold its Anthropic stake at a 20% discount

This article was published on August 18, 2026 The $30bn loss has been public for three weeks. The Wall Street Journal has now reconstructed the six days behind it, including a 20%…

Aug 6, 2026 · The Next Web
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund lost most of its value. Now it’s back with $400M.

This article was published on August 6, 2026 Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund rode the infrastructure boom to spectacular gains, then lost most of its value in a single month. Now…

July 2026

3 articles
Jul 31, 2026 · CNN
Situational Awareness, the hedge fund making headlines, explained | CNN Business

For years, Situational Awareness was closely tracked by Wall Street, members of the AI community and its founder’s fiercest followers. Outside those circles, however, the…

Jul 30, 2026 · TechCrunch
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares | TechCrunch

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Jul 30, 2026 · Gizmodo
We Are Experiencing a Situational Awareness Meltdown

Back in 2024, former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner captured everyone’s attention with a 135-page essay/manifesto mapping out the future of artificial intelligence. Then he…