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Leopold Aschenbrenner

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Birth Year
2001

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Background

Birth Year2001—view →
EducationB.A. Economics and Mathematics-Statistics, Columbia University (valedictorian, 2021); attended John F. Kennedy School in Berlin—view →
Notable ForAuthor of Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead predicting AGI by 2027; Columbia University valedictorian at age 19; former OpenAI Superalignment team researcher; founder of $1.5B+ AI-focused hedge fundMar 2026view →

Career History

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OrganizationTitleStartEndSourceNotesSource check
OpenAIResearcher, Superalignment Team20232024-04situational-awareness.aiWorked on OpenAI's superalignment team; fired in April 2024 after raising security concerns internallyNot checked
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