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OpenAI courts Trump administration as its latest investor
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OpenAI may give the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, per the Financial Times.
Key facts
- OpenAI may give the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, per the Financial Times
- Yes, but: The government's 9.9% stake in Intel, taken last August, appears to have paid off
- Friction point: The Intel stake was acquired under the CHIPS Act
- OpenAI views the potential government stake as a way to give the general public a share of the upside of AI, and CEO Sam Altman has previously shared with Axios his interest in some sort of public
Summary
If the overture is taken up by the Trump administration, that would mean the government would have a vested interest in weighing whether or not to limit the release of an OpenAI model. OpenAI views the potential government stake as a way to give the general public a share of the upside of AI, and CEO Sam Altman has previously shared with Axios his interest in some sort of public wealth fund. The goal is to include other AI labs giving over a similar stake. This could look like including shares in Trump accounts or some other vehicle that would give American households exposure to investments in AI, for example.