The rise of the AI-native hedge fund



The spectacular rise of AI-focused hedge funds such as Value Aligned Research Advisors (VARA) and Situational Awareness has attracted attention largely because of their extraordinary performance and rapid asset growth. Together, the two firms are now estimated to manage around $40bn, despite both having launched only within the past few years.

Yet the more significant story may not be how quickly they have grown, but what their success says about the future organisation of hedge funds.

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