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From AI Prophet to Fallen Sage: The Rise and Collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45 Billion Gamble

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A 24-year-old former OpenAI researcher whose 165-page essay predicted artificial superintelligence by 2027 became Silicon Valley's most celebrated AI futurist—before his $45 billion hedge fund collapsed in a matter of days, forcing a fire sale to Ken Griffin's Citadel and raising hard questions about how mathematical brilliance translates to financial discipline.

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