… The discussions have led to a potential agreement that could see OpenAI voluntarily offer some equity to the US government, which would help the company achieve something similar to its proposed " Public Wealth Fund ." OpenAI first suggested this fund in an industrial policy outline published in Ap… …
… IBM's announcement contains no equivalent equity-stake disclosure for Anderon, a somewhat conspicuous omission given that the Trump administration converted part of Intel’s CHIPS Act manufacturing award into a roughly 10% government equity stake last year. …
… Alan Baratz, said: "We believe that the US government’s strategic investment in D-Wave would advance the country’s global leadership position in quantum computing." Baratz continued: "We see this as a transformative moment for not just D-Wave, but also for quantum computing and the United States." … …
… Senior government officials have had early talks about taking direct stakes in AI developers since early 2025. …
… "There were fights in the 1990s, but the stakes have only gotten higher in the current moment," she said. …
… Quantum Computing IBM's Starling project gets a boost from quantum error-correction algorithms running on conventional AMD FPGAs Quantum Computing The U.S. government is in talks to take equity stakes in major quantum computing startups in exchange for at least $10 million each in funding from the … …
… Trump has also endorsed the idea that the government could take an equity stake in major AI companies . …
… Altman testified that he owns a nearly $2 billion equity stake in the nuclear energy startup, Helion. …
… Last summer, the government actually converted nearly $9 billion in federal grants into Intel stock, securing a 10% equity stake in the chipmaker. …
… ABP, a Dutch pension fund that sold off a stake approaching $600 million in Tesla in 2024, declined to comment on potential future investments in SpaceX. …
