OpenAI Floats Giving the US Government a 5% Ownership Stake

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OpenAI has proposed handing the US government roughly 5% of its equity — worth about $42.6 billion against its $852 billion March valuation — via an Alaska Permanent Fund-style vehicle, and wants other leading AI firms to do the same. The pitch, first reported by the FT, aims to ease Trump-administration tensions and mounting public backlash; Trump called public ownership stakes 'a beautiful thing' in June.