<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’s spoken to AI companies about striking deals “where the American people can benefit from the success of AI.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump does not seem to have mentioned specific companies in his comments, but OpenAI is a likely candidate, especially after CNBC reported that <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/trump-open-ai-altman-stake.html">the Trump administration has indeed been discussing an equity stake</a> with the AI company.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">CNBC said some of that equity could be used to seed a “Public Wealth Fund” <a rel="nofollow" href="https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/561e7512-253e-424b-9734-ef4098440601/Industrial%20Policy%20for%20the%20Intelligence%20Age.pdf">recently proposed by OpenAI</a>. As outlined by the company, proceeds from the fund “could be distributed directly to citizens, allowing more people to participate directly in the upside of AI-driven growth, regardless of their starting wealth or access to capital.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Bloomberg, when reporters on Air Force One <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-05/us-exploring-government-partnerships-with-ai-firms-trump-says">asked Trump about the idea</a>, he replied that he’s been talking to AI executives about “concepts where pieces could be given to the American public, where the American public essentially becomes a partner with the companies.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bloomberg also reports that CEO Sam Altman has been discussing the idea of a government stake in major AI companies since early 2025.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This seems to align with Trump’s broader interest in government ownership of for-profit companies — most notably, with <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/23/the-trump-administrations-big-intel-investment-comes-from-already-awarded-grants/">the government taking a 10% stake</a> in struggling chipmaker Intel last year.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The idea has also found some traction on the left, with Senator Bernie Sanders this week <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/artificial-intelligence-bernie-sanders.html">proposing a one-time, 50% tax</a> that companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI (which is <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/the-spacex-ipo-filing-ai-bets-starship-dreams-elon-musk/">part of SpaceX</a>) would pay in the form of stock.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With all of those businesses potentially going public this year, Sanders argued this tax would “give the public a direct role in determining the future of this technology” and “guarantee that the trillions of dollars potentially generated by A.I. are used to improve the lives of all of us.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">David Sacks, an investor and podcaster who recently <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/david-sacks-is-done-as-ai-czar-heres-what-hes-doing-instead/">stepped down from his role as Trump’s AI and crypto czar</a>, posted that he can <a rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/davidsacks/status/2062945826935284011">see why Sanders’ idea resonates</a>, “including with many on the right,” but warned it would actually “accelerate the corporate-government fusion we’re already sliding toward.” (Sacks now co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.)</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Elsewhere on social media, former Microsoft employee Dare Obasanjo <a rel="nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/carnage4life.bsky.social/post/3mnl26dhi7c2i">suggested</a>, “The groundwork is already being laid for a government bailout of OpenAI.”</p>
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