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Summary
This article covers a financial story about Leopold Aschenbrenner, a 24-year-old AI investor who previously worked at OpenAI, whose hedge fund collapsed after making risky debt-fuelled bets on AI company stocks. His fund's assets dropped from $45 billion to $10 billion in less than a month, leading another hedge fund called Citadel to acquire his investments at a discount. The article illustrates how investors repeatedly back inexperienced but promising individuals in Silicon Valley, only to see them fail when markets change.
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Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jul/31/bp-sell-north-sea-ai-record-korea-kospi-stock-market-latest-news-updates
First tracked: July 31, 2026 at 08:01 AM
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