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OpenAI May Give Trump Administration 5% Stake in 2026

The plan could give Americans a share of AI profits and may need congressional approval, with a 5% stake valued at about $42.6 billion.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Altman is in talks with President Trump about giving the US government a 5% stake in OpenAI. In some ways, Altman’s plan is old news. He wrote about a more radical version of this back in 2021, proposing that all companies above a certain valuation (not just AI companies) pay 2.5% of their market value each year into a fund that sends Americans annual disbursements. In April this year, OpenAI described a narrower proposal that closely resembles what Altman is reportedly discussing with Trump now. And the notion has broad political appeal: Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed giving Americans a 50% stake in top AI companies. What’s the logic here? For would-be recipients, it’s twofold.

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Sam Altman proposes that the U.S. government receive 5% of OpenAI, valued at $42,600 million, as part of a sovereign public wealth fund inspired by the Alaska model. The proposal would require congressional approval.

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MIT Technology Review broke the news in Boston, United States on Monday, July 6, 2026.
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