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Ken Griffin Bailed Out Leopold (Citadel vs Situational Awareness)

2026-08-04 · 9 company · 13 thematic
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ejaaz

Co-host of Limitless Podcast (episode 210), a 4x/week show covering the frontier of AI and technology with a newsletter reaching hundreds of thousands. The podcast recently spun out as an independent entity.

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“It was kind of marked in a way by that July 10th ringing of the bell of SK Hynix. This was like this huge IPO moment where everyone was very excited. And it very much marked that top tick in terms of where the market was for Leopold in par…”
—ejaaz
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