India, Aug. 2 -- Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner is celebrating his wedding to Avital Balwit, chief of staff to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in Carmel, California, over the weekend. The celebrations come as his AI-focused hedge fund grapples with steep losses and the sale of most of its publicly traded holdings.

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Fortune, which first reported the couple's engagement in October 2025, described them as an AI power couple. Citing The Wall Street Journal, the publication reported that the multi-day festivities would begin with a colloquium featuring panel discussions and breakout sessions.

The ceremony i...