Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the "Public Wealth Fund" that OpenAI outlined earlier (CNBC)
OpenAI and the White House are discussing a government equity stake, signaling a potentially major state-backed AI financing model.
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<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/trump-open-ai-altman-stake.html">Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the “Public Wealth Fund” that OpenAI outlined earlier</a></b></span> — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the White House are in ongoing talks about a possible government stake in the artificial intelligence company, CNBC confirmed on Friday.</p>
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