The buzziest hedge fund launch this year is ex-Sequoia investor Jeff Wang’s. Here’s who it’s hired and how much it’s raised.0

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• August 20, 2026

Former Sequoia investor Jeff Wang is close to launching one of the biggest hedge funds this year. Wang’s Augnition Global Investors is set to start trading in October with more than $2 billion in assets, two people close to the manager told Business Insider. The launch was the talk of Morgan Stanley’s popular Breakers conference