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AI Rout Triggers Fresh Capital Raise for Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness, a $20bn hedge fund led by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, is trying to raise fresh capital after a sharp AI stock rout eroded its gains. The fund has held ad hoc talks with existing investors and lenders and even offered some investors the option to buy assets, in a bid to shore up liquidity following a period of highly leveraged, high‑volatility performance that had earlier produced outsized returns. Aschenbrenner, who left OpenAI in 2024, built a following in Silicon Valley and counts Stripe co‑founders and Jane Street among early backers. The fund’s large holdings like Oracle and AMD have fallen, underscoring the broader Tech/AI market pullback, with Anthropic’s IPO rumored as a potential catalyst for a rebound.

27 days ago•Source: Financial Times

Challenges and Changes Ahead for Europe's Digital Euro Initiative

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3.715 min•1 year ago

Challenges and Changes Ahead for Europe's Digital Euro Initiative

Stefan Berger, a German MEP and critic of the digital euro project, has resigned from leading the European Parliament's work on the initiative to avoid suspicions of deliberately delaying the legislation. The digital euro aims to enhance eurozone payments and reduce reliance on foreign providers, but faces resistance, particularly from German banks and citizens concerned about its impact on savings and privacy. Berger's resignation opens the way for a new leader to advance the project, with potential candidates including former Spanish central banker Fernando Navarrete Rojas.

via POLITICO Europe