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▶ 1:03 · $SITUATIONAL-AWARENESS-LP · Leopold Stays in the Game, Big Tech Earnings, OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Prices | Diet TBPN
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Leopold Stays in the Game, Big Tech Earnings, OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Prices | Diet TBPN

2026-07-31 · 8 company · 11 thematic
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john coogan

Co-host of TBPN, a live technology and business show focused on startups, venture capital and Silicon Valley.

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“So he writes uh this is Leopold Ashenbrunner to the LPs of uh situational awareness LP. We let you down this month. We came closer to permanent capital impairment than is acceptable to us. While we ultimately found a solution that protecte…”
—john coogan
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