JPMorgan Curbed Lending to Situational Awareness After AI Losses, Source Says
Reuters and the Financial Times reported on 11 September 2026 that JPMorgan ended its lending relationship with Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund Situational Awareness after the July losses that nearly sank it. We explain what a prime broker provides, why a bank would leave a client that survived, which lenders remain, the conflicting Morgan Stanley reports, Clear Street’s role, and why the fund’s new fully paid options cannot be margin-called.