The OpenAI float gives the Trump administration a 5% stake in the AI ​​boom

OpenAI was pitched to give the U.S. government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way to ease tensions with the Trump administration and limit the growing public backlash against AI. According to Financial Times.

Giving the public a financial stake in the company would be the best way to share the positive side of AI, CEO Sam Altman said. foot Citing two unnamed people familiar with the talks. It has been said that he has He first proposed the idea to Trump Early last year.

Altman reportedly suggested a 5 percent figure. Based on OpenAI The latest financing roundwhich ended with the company’s value amounting to $852 billion, the value of this stake is approximately $42.6 billion.

Discussions are said to be still in the early stages, and the proposal would include other US AI companies giving the government similar stakes. It is unclear whether they would agree to such a deal.

Public officials have shown a growing interest in using policies to capture and redistribute some of the wealth generated by AI. Under Trump, the US government did just that It has already acquired a 10 percent stake in chip maker Intel and He reportedly requested Nvidia and AMD give the federal government a 15% cut of their revenue from AI chip sales to China. Others have done so, such as Senator Bernie Sanders Argue That artificial intelligence is a public resource and Suggested A one-time tax of 50% on the value of its shares to create a sovereign wealth fund.