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OpenAI Proposes 5 Percent U.S. Government Stake if Rivals Also Agree
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has discussed offering the U.S. government a 5 percent equity stake. The proposal requires similar contributions from rivals including Anthropic and Meta.
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OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5 percent stake in the company. Sam Altman, the company's chief executive, discussed the proposed stake with President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
The Financial Times reported the 5 percent equity proposal on Thursday. Altman also met with Sen. Bernie Sanders regarding public ownership of AI companies.
Altman would require competitors including Anthropic and Meta to contribute 5 percent stakes for the arrangement to proceed, Fox News reported. Both OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing to take their companies public. The U.S.
President Trump has acquired stakes in U.S. Steel and a number of quantum companies. Anthropic was removed from a Pentagon supply chain risk blacklist and is now working with U.S.
Government officials, according to reports.
