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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.

Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

TL;DR

  • Situational Awareness invested $400 million in chip manufacturing startup Source Foundry.
  • This brings the total investment in Source Foundry to $500 million.
  • Situational Awareness, founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, faced steep losses in AI infrastructure stocks.
  • The fund sold the majority of its public portfolio to Citadel, reducing assets under management from $20 billion to $10 billion.
  • The fund retained its Anthropic shares.