en.Wedoany.com Reported - The U.S. government is considering a plan that could allow the federal government to hold shares in leading artificial intelligence companies. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the discussions and said he may meet with representatives of all major AI developers at the White House next week.
News outlet NOTUS first reported on the discussions Thursday. Trump confirmed the report during a press briefing on Air Force One. The report did not specify which companies might be involved in the potential plan. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Group PBC, visited Washington, D.C., earlier this week to meet with government officials. Dario Amodei of rival Anthropic PBC also held discussions at the White House in April.
Trump said the scale of funding is so large that there are ideas to distribute some shares to the American public, effectively making them partners in these companies.
The specific size of the government's stake in participating AI companies remains unclear. However, NOTUS reported that returns on the investment could be used to pay dividends to American families. Sources at the publication added that details of the plan are still being refined. According to CNBC, White House officials have been discussing the idea with Sam Altman for over a year. Under the proposed plan, OpenAI would donate equity to the government, which would be used to fund an investment vehicle allowing Americans to share in the profits of AI companies.
The fund could resemble a public wealth fund proposed by OpenAI in a recent policy paper. According to that document, the investment vehicle would support frontier model developers and companies using AI in their operations. OpenAI stated that returns from the fund could be distributed to American families.
Earlier this week, Senator Bernie Sanders proposed that the government hold a 50% stake in AI providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Trump responded to the idea by saying that, on economic matters, some views from both sides are not so far apart.
This development comes weeks after the U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to award a total of $2.013 billion in grants to IBM Corp., GlobalFoundries Inc., and seven other participants in the quantum computing market. In exchange for the funding, the U.S. government will receive shares in these companies. Listed chip maker GlobalFoundries is reportedly planning to provide equity equivalent to 1% of its shares.
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