… This seems to align with Trump’s broader interest in government ownership of for-profit companies — most notably, with the government taking a 10% stake in struggling chipmaker Intel last year. …
… 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… …
… Senior government officials have had early talks about taking direct stakes in AI developers since early 2025. …
… Altman testified that he owns a nearly $2 billion equity stake in the nuclear energy startup, Helion. …
… Another describes their stake in one of the companies as too small to be viewed as conflicting with their larger ownership in the other. …
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… And that is not true because he had a stake through Y Combinator, which he used to run. …
… OpenAI says all of Musk’s contributions were used by the foundation by 2020 and that equity distributions came well after he left the organization in 2018. …
… Meanwhile, the nonprofit — now known as the OpenAI Foundation — holds equity in the for-profit arm, a stake valued at $130 billion at the time the agreement was announced. …
… However, the talks broke down after Musk requested control of the company and Brockman and Sutskever asked for large equity stakes. …