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The power couple of AI is getting married in Carmel, days after groom Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund nearly blew up

  • Leopold Aschenbrenner is marrying Avital Balwit (Anthropic’s chief of staff) in Carmel this weekend — the celebration includes panels, a Tuscan‑style villa ceremony and a forest‑spa honeymoon send‑off.
  • In dramatic timing, the groom spent the week scrambling to save his hedge fund after a sudden semiconductor sell‑off and margin calls, ultimately surviving but much smaller.
  • The guest list reads like an AI who’s‑who — investors, Anthropic/OpenAI researchers and tech founders — a very small, very connected world.
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