OpenAI pitches $42 bn, 5% stake to U.S. government to defuse political pressure
OpenAI has floated giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake, valued at about $42.6 billion, to blunt political pressure. CEO Sam Altman says the move would let Americans share the upside of AI and could be replicated across other major AI firms via a sovereign‑wealth‑fund vehicle. The proposal targets the Trump administration and signals a new public‑private partnership model for AI.