Citadel acquired $16B in AI equities from Situational Awareness after margin calls hit the fund, preventing a broader selloff in AI

Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund Situational Awareness sold its public stocks to Citadel after leveraged AI bets collapsed. It keeps its Anthropic stake.

Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness LP sold its entire public equities portfolio amid margin pressure from 4x leverage despite 439%