CNBC's David Faber quoted unnamed sources on the live broadcast as saying that Situational Awareness is active in the options market. Faber said that Leopold Aschenbrenner “restarted buying options late last week and early this week and paid hundreds of millions of dollars in option fees” included companies common in his previous portfolio, such as SK Hynix, SanDisk, Advanced Micro, Bloom Energy, and CoreWeave. Faber also stated that it is currently unclear whether Aschenbrenner has raised fresh capital for open market investments.

CNBC's David Faber quoted unnamed sources on the live broadcast as saying that Situational Awareness is active in the options market. Faber said that Leopold Aschenbrenner “restarted buying options late last week and early this week and paid hundreds of millions of dollars in option fees” included companies common in his previous portfolio, such as SK Hynix, SanDisk, Advanced Micro, Bloom Energy, and CoreWeave. Faber also stated that it is currently unclear whether Aschenbrenner has raised fresh capital for open market investments.