Altman’s plan would place major AI developers’ equity into a public investment fund modeled on Alaska’s dividend system, as OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for possible trillion-dollar IPOs

The proposal being discussed by OpenAI and Trump administration officials purportedly calls for all major AI companies to grant the government a 5% stake.

OpenAI is in talks to give the US government up to 5% equity to seed a Public Wealth Fund, potentially worth over $40 billion at current valuation.

OpenAI considers offering the US government a 5% stake to share AI boom benefits, amid rising regulatory pressures.