{"id":346817,"date":"2026-06-07T01:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=346817"},"modified":"2026-06-07T01:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:34:21","slug":"us-government-could-take-stakes-in-major-ai-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/us-government-could-take-stakes-in-major-ai-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"US government could take stakes in major AI firms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. officials are weighing a proposal that might see the federal government take stakes in leading artificial intelligence providers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The discussions were first reported by news outlet <\/span>NOTUS<\/span><\/a> late Thursday. In accordance with <\/span>Politico<\/span><\/a>, President Donald Trump confirmed the report today during a press briefing aboard Air Force One. Trump stated that he’ll likely meet with representatives of \u201call the large\u201d AI developers on the White House next week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report didn\u2019t specify the businesses that might be involved within the initiative. OpenAI Group PBC Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman visited Washington, D.C., earlier this week to fulfill with administration officials. Dario Amodei, his counterpart at Anthropic PBC, held discussions on the White House in April.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s an idea on the market, there\u2019s a lot money and it\u2019s so big that there are concepts where pieces might be given to the American public, where the American public essentially becomes a partner with the businesses,\u201d Trump said today.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dimensions of the stakes that the federal government would soak up the participating AI firms is unclear. Nevertheless, NOTUS reported that the returns provided by the investment might be used to issue a dividend to American households. The publication\u2019s sources added that the main points of the initiative are still in flux.<\/span><\/p>\n

CNBC <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> today that White House officials have been discussing the concept with Sam Altman for over a yr. Under the proposed plan, OpenAI would donate equity to the federal government. The shares would reportedly be used to finance an investment vehicle that may enable Americans to share within the profits of AI firms.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fund could reportedly be much like the \u201cPublic Wealth Fund\u201d that OpenAI proposed in a recent\u00a0<\/span>policy paper<\/span>. In accordance with the document, the investment vehicle would back frontier model developers and corporations which can be using AI of their business operations. OpenAI stated that the fund\u2019s returns might be distributed to U.S. households.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Senator Bernie Sanders <\/span>proposed<\/span><\/a> that the federal government take a 50% stake in AI providers akin to OpenAI and Anthropic. Trump addressed the concept today by stating that \u201cso far as economics is worried, we have now certain things that aren\u2019t that far apart. Individuals are surprised.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The event comes just a few weeks after the U.S. Commerce Department <\/span>agreed<\/span> to issue $2.013 billion in grants to IBM Corp., GlobalFoundries Inc. and 7 other players within the quantum computing market. The U.S. government will receive shares in exchange for the funds. The equity that GlobalFoundries, a publicly traded chip manufacturer, plans to offer reportedly amounts to a 1% stake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo: <\/span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n
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