Aschenbrenner's fund, Situational Awareness, massively grew to as big as $45 billion at the beginning of July before big losses took hold, CNBC reported citing sources. The fund began to see massive losses in recent weeks as its heavyweight AI holdings like SK Hynix sharply crashed, while its short positions in software companies such as Adobe moved sharply against it, the report added.

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund is unwinding trades and may be forced to liquidate assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

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