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$SITUATIONAL-AWARENESS-LP · Leopold Stays in the Game, Big Tech Earnings, OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Prices | Diet TBPN
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Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund sells public book to Citadel after 67% July drawdown, keeps private positions
The fund took a 67% monthly loss but remains up 80% YTD; it deleveraged by selling its public equity portfolio to Citadel in a block trade, preserving core private holdings like A…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness LP survives 67% July drawdown, sells public book to Citadel
The fund took a massive hit in July from AI stock volatility and leverage, but protected LP capital by selling public equity to Citadel, eliminating leverage, and retaining high-c…
$ANTHROPICbullish· mediumjohn coogan
Situational Awareness LP retains Anthropic stake after rejecting $3.5B secondary offer from Sequoia and Green Oaks
Leopold's fund chose to keep its Anthropic position rather than sell at a $3.5B valuation to Sequoia/Green Oaks, signaling high conviction in the private AI company despite the fu…
$MSFT···bullish· highjohn coogan
Azure growth accelerates to 43% YoY, driving $450B single-day market cap gain
Microsoft's fiscal Q4 revenue beat ($90B vs $87.4B est) and EPS beat ($4.74 vs $4.21) were powered by Azure revenue accelerating to 43% YoY growth, signaling AI capex is translati…
$AAPL···neutral· mediumjohn coogan
Apple beats earnings but stock drops 9.5% as market digests $5T cap milestone
Apple reported revenue of $109.4B and EPS of $2.02, briefly pushing market cap above $5T, but shares sold off sharply (~9.5%) the following session, suggesting investor caution de…
$AMZN···bullish· highjohn coogan
AWS growth re-accelerates to 37% YoY, sending shares up 15% on AI demand
Amazon's 20% revenue growth to $200.6B was driven by AWS growing 37% to $42.4B, indicating enterprise AI workloads are fueling cloud re-acceleration and justifying heavy capex.
$META···bearish· mediumjohn coogan
Meta revenue beats but capex of $31.1B spooks investors, stock slides
Meta's 28% revenue growth to $60.8B was overshadowed by EPS miss ($6.18 vs $7.22 est) and massive quarterly capex of $31.1B plus $3.6B one-time costs, raising concerns about AI in…
$GOOGL···neutral· mediumjohn coogan
Google Cloud surges 82% YoY but AI infrastructure cost fears cap upside
Alphabet beat on revenue ($119.8B) and EPS ($1.11) with Google Cloud revenue jumping 82% to $24.8B, yet investors remain fixated on escalating AI infrastructure spend across hyper…
$OPENAIbullish· mediumjohn coogan
OpenAI slashes model pricing dramatically, shifting competition to cost-per-task efficiency
OpenAI's new '5.6' model (likely o1) cuts costs far below open-source alternatives, and enabling proper API settings (harness) tripled scores with 6x fewer tokens, highlighting th…