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Leopold Blows Up, OpenAI Drastically Cuts Prices, Microsoft’s Best Day

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI-focused hedge fund reportedly unwound much of its public stock book after a brutal leveraged drawdown, sparking debate over whether effective-altruist style conviction trading is too risky. The rest of the episode covers OpenAI’s sharp price cuts, Nvidia’s investment in Safe Superintelligence, and how Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Apple are being reshaped by the AI capex cycle.