OpenAI reportedly floated donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund. Here's what that says about who captures AI's upside, and why builders outside the US should care.

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.