Behind the reporting: The improbable $1.5B…

Oct 8, 2025

I spent the past few weeks digging into how Leopold Aschenbrenner went from getting fired at OpenAI to managing a $1.5 billion hedge fund — and what his unlikely rise reveals in a bubbly AI world

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this aged excellently.

Indeed! Anything new you are seeing?

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