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title: "Leopold Aschenbrenner Forecasts Nvidia and AMD Crash with Massive Billion-Dollar Short Bets"
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description: "Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former OpenAI researcher, has made significant bearish bets against major tech companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom through his hedge fund, Situational Awareness LP. He believes the stock market has overvalued graphics processing chips and anticipates a major correction, prompting his massive put options to profit from falling stock prices."
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# Leopold Aschenbrenner Forecasts Nvidia and AMD Crash with Massive Billion-Dollar Short Bets

On Monday, Wall Street is reacting to a surprising new regulatory filing from former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. His hedge fund, Situational Awareness LP, released its latest portfolio showing massive bets that could trigger a meltdown for the biggest tech companies in the world.

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The fund manager opened massive put options to profit when stock prices fall. His main targets include industry leaders like Nvidia (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Broadcom (AVGO). He also placed similar bearish bets against Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) and ASML Holding (ASML). Aschenbrenner believes that the stock market has completely overvalued graphics processing chips, prompting him to walk away from these popular tech giants before a major market correction occurs.

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