A $45B AI Fund Blew Up. Here's What Was Inside.

Ex-Open AI Researcher $45B fund sold everything to Citadel in one block trade. We break down the 13F and politician trading.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Lead story: Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness sold its entire public equities book to Citadel after margin calls from Goldman, JPMorgan, and BofA. The fund ran ~4x leverage on concentrated AI infrastructure bets. We break down the Q1 2026 13F portfolio below. Sources: CNBC, WSJ, FT, SEC filing

Congress: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) bought SpaceX (SPCX) on IPO day. Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-OK) filed 700+ late STOCK Act disclosures worth an estimated $3.2M-$16M per disclosed ranges. Full breakdown below.

Congress: Rep. James Himes (D-CT) sold XOM, BAC, HD. Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) sold $15-50K in NVDA. Insider: Pinnacle Financial (PNFP) Chief Banking Officer bought $1M in shares. Gov contracts: GEO Group awarded $22.8M ICE detention task order.

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The $45B AI Fund That Just Blew Up

The fund launched in late 2024 with roughly $225 million and grew to as much as $45 billion by early July (Bloomberg), backed by Stripe's Patrick and John Collison, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Jane Street. It ran as much as 4x leverage on concentrated AI infrastructure positions.

When the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell roughly 24% from its June 22 peak in July, core holdings dropped 27-54%. The fund held ~$8.5B in semiconductor put hedges (SMH, NVDA, AVGO, AMD, others), but the concentrated infrastructure longs fell harder than the hedges offset. Prime brokers Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America issued margin calls. The entire ~$20B public equity book went to Citadel in a single block. The fund retains a $5 billion stake in Anthropic.

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