ZE OTAVIO | LEOPOLD ASCHENBRENNER WAS HAILED AS THE ‘NOSTRADAMUS OF AI BUT HIS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS HEDGE FUND TOOK ON TOO MUCH LEVERAGE FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
July 31, 2026 Zé Otavio
“Leopold Aschenbrenner was hailed as the ‘Nostradamus of AI.’ But his Situational Awareness hedge fund took on too much leverage, leading to a crash he never saw coming. Leave it up to the dream team at The Wall Street Journal for Art Director Pete & #lcmartist Zé Otavio to pull this art around in less than 24 hours. Can you imagine, Aschenbrenner’s “wedding guests were arriving–just as his $45 billion fund was falling apart.”
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