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$NVDA···bearish· high· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Ashenbrenner Shorts Nvidia $1.9 Billion Via Puts and SMH ETF

Leopold holds $1.5B in Nvidia puts plus $2B short SMH ETF (20% Nvidia), creating $1.9B combined short betting on overcrowded trade and potential thesis break.

$SMH···bearish· high· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Shorts VanEck Semiconductor ETF $2 Billion as Largest Position

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is Leopold's single largest short at $2B, providing diversified semiconductor exposure with Nvidia as 20% holding.

$AVGO···bearish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Shorts Broadcom Despite Project Stargate Role

Leopold shorts Broadcom, the key builder of OpenAI's Project Stargate infrastructure, signaling skepticism toward the AI capex supercycle.

$AMD···bearish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Shorts AMD at Local Highs, Stock Up 74% Since

Leopold initiated AMD short position but timing appears poor as shares rallied 74% in the past month, raising questions on entry point.

$ASML···bearish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Shorts ASML Despite Lithography Monopoly

Despite ASML's 100% monopoly on EUV lithography, Leopold shorts the name, reinforcing his thesis that semiconductor design layer is overcrowded and overvalued.

$INTC···bearish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Flips Intel From Biggest Winner to Short Position

Intel, previously Leopold's most profitable position ever, is now shorted, marking a dramatic reversal on the former foundry turnaround bet.

$GLW···bearish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Shorts Corning Despite Nvidia Multi-Billion Partnership

Leopold shorts optical glass supplier Corning even after Nvidia announced a massive partnership, suggesting he sees optical interconnect as less critical than power/memory.

$CRWV···bullish· high· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Maintains CoreWeave as Anchor Neo-Cloud Position

CoreWeave remains Leopold's largest neo-cloud holding, providing GPU infrastructure to Meta and Anthropic with secured power access and multi-billion dollar contracts.

$BE···bullish· high· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Holds $1 Billion Bloom Energy for Data Center Power

Leopold maintains ~$1B in Bloom Energy after trimming $1M, betting on portable gas turbines as critical solution for AI data center power constraints.

$RIOT···bullish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Increases Riot Platforms for 30GW Power Capacity Pipeline

Leopold adds to Riot Platforms, part of Bitcoin miner cohort expected to bring 30GW of interconnected power online this year for AI conversion.

$APLD···bullish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Increases Applied Digital as Neo-Cloud Expansion

Leopold adds to Applied Digital, a neo-cloud operator benefiting from GPU demand and secured power access for AI workloads.

$CLSK···bullish· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Increases CleanSpark as Bitcoin Miner Pivot Play

Leopold adds to CleanSpark, a Bitcoin miner pivoting to AI data centers with existing power infrastructure and grid interconnection.

$IRON-CLOUDbullish· low· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Increases Iron as Neo-Cloud Data Center Play

Leopold adds to Iron, a lesser-known neo-cloud/data center company in the same infrastructure layer as CoreWeave.

$WDC···bullish· high· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Doubles Down on SanDisk/Western Digital for AI Memory

Leopold increases Western Digital (SanDisk brand) which surged 40,000%, betting on NAND flash as critical temporary memory substrate for AI model inference.

$MU···neutral· medium· posleopold aschenbrenner

Leopold Runs Collar Trade on Micron With Matched Puts and Calls

Leopold holds both put and call positions on Micron in a collar structure, hedging uncertainty while maintaining long-term bullish memory thesis via SanDisk instead.