Leopold Aschenbrenner is a former OpenAI researcher and founder of the Situational Awareness hedge fund. Google Search interest for the tracked keyword leopold aschenbrenner reached 87 for the week of August 1 2026, up from 3 on July 25 and 6 on July 4, as outlets covered a forced sale of the fund's public equities. Trends MCP get_growth returns +2766.67% over 7 days (3 → 86) and +1333.33% over 30 days (6 → 86). The stored weekly series peaks at 87 on August 1. Data pulled August 3 2026 from source google search.
Leopold aschenbrenner search interest right now
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 1 2026) | 87 |
| 30-day change | +1350.0% (6 on July 4 2026 → 87) |
| 90-day change | +1640.0% (5 on May 2 2026 → 87) |
| Peak value | 87 on August 1 2026 |
| First seen in series | August 7 2021 |
| First nonzero week | April 13 2024 (value 1) |
| 7-day growth (get_growth) | +2766.67% (3 → 86) |
| 30-day growth (get_growth) | +1333.33% (6 → 86) |
| Prior week value (July 25 2026) | 3 |
| May 2026 local high | 19 on May 23 2026 |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
| Span | 1820 days |
| Google Trends board rank (August 3 2026 06:01 UTC) | 43 |
| get_growth recent_value (August 1 2026) | 86 |
Figures come from Trends MCP get_time_series, get_growth, and same-day get_top_trends for Google Trends, pulled August 3 2026. Source for the stored chart is google search. Weekly renormalization can leave get_growth at 86 while the stored series prints 87 for the same week.
About Leopold Aschenbrenner
Aschenbrenner left OpenAI in 2024 and published essays titled Situational Awareness that argued rapid AI progress would force a huge build-out of chips, memory, data centers, and power. He then launched Situational Awareness LP around that thesis. CNBC reported on July 30 2026 that the fund sold its publicly traded holdings after AI infrastructure names and software shorts moved against it, with Ken Griffin's Citadel buying the public book and prime brokers including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan involved in margin discussions. CNBC said the fund had grown to as large as about $45 billion earlier in July. First-quarter holdings named in coverage included Nebius Group, Sandisk, Micron, and CoreWeave. Searchers are looking up the unwind, the fund name, and who Aschenbrenner is.
What the time series shows
The Google Search series for leopold aschenbrenner spans August 7 2021 to August 1 2026 (261 points), but most early weeks are zeros. The first nonzero print is 1 on April 13 2024. Interest then flickered: 4 on June 8 and June 15 2024, a 6 on August 16 2025, then a spring 2026 rise that hit 19 on May 23 before fading to 3 by July 25. The week of August 1 jumps to 87, the series peak. Derived labels from the stored series: growth exploding, speed exponential, seasonality low, volatility high. Week-over-week percent changes have a high standard deviation because long zero stretches sit next to sharp spikes. The latest 30-day absolute move (81 points) is more than 2x the prior 30-day absolute move (9 points), so speed reads exponential. This is a news shock on top of a thin baseline, not a smooth adoption curve.
For other event-driven search spikes on the same boards, see Fauci and T-Mobile outage. Method notes live on Google Trends and the social media trends API.
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