Situational Awareness Bet Billions on Sandisk Before Imploding. The Supercycle Is Far From Over for SNDK Stock.

Sandisk, a key player in the data storage and memory industry, has been a major beneficiary of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Situational Awareness, a hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has recently increased its investment in Sandisk, making it the largest holding in the fund. This strategy paid off when Situational Awareness recovered from a major downsizing in AI-related stocks in July.

However, the fund's aggressive stance in the memory trade was exposed when AI stocks plummeted, forcing Situational Awareness to liquidate positions to meet margin calls. This incident raises questions about the sustainability of the AI trade and the strategies employed by the fund.