How a 23-year-old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsize influence from Silicon Valley to D.C

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How a 23-year-old former OpenAI researcher turned a viral AI prophecy into profit, with a $1.5 billion hedge fund and outsize influence from Silicon Valley to D.C

fortune.com/2025/10/08/leopold-aschenbrenner-openai-ftx-1-5-billion-hedge-fund-situational-awareness

Of all the unlikely stories to emerge from the current AI frenzy, few are more striking than that of Leopold Aschenbrenner.
The 23-year-old’s career didn’t exactly start auspiciously: He spent time at the philanthropy arm of Sam Bankman-Fried’s now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-10-09 02:28:48.261000.