Citadel buys most of Situational's stock holdings after AI share rout, sources say

NEW YORK, July 30 : Situational Awareness, an AI-focused hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, sold the bulk of its stock portfolio to Ken Griffin’s Citadel after being battered by heavy losses in its tech holdings, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Situational was forced to unwind most of its public equities portfolio, which included sizable holdings in several prominent AI names that have been rocked by the recent market selloff, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential. The fund was under pressure to either raise fresh capital from investors or offload its entire book, and eventually chose the latter option, the sources added. Situational held positions in several prominent tech names including Br