The Loop  ·  Issue 033

The Loop

A field journal of the AI frontier — for engineers who ship.

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#Situational Awareness

  1. · News

    The private trade held — twelve days after Situational Awareness's public book was force-sold to Citadel, Leopold Aschenbrenner wrote a $400 million check to a one-year-old Stanford chip-tooling startup

    Twelve days after Situational Awareness LP's public book was force-sold to Citadel, Aschenbrenner wired $400 million into Source Foundry — a thirteen-month-old Stanford chip-tooling startup at a $5B mark. Half the fund's remaining AUM is in one private position.

    Aug 10, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor