QtrendsOpenAI in talks to give US government 5% stake
OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions to donate 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund, following pressure from the Trump administration. The proposed stake is far smaller than what Senator Bernie Sanders had previously targeted. The talks come just days after Washington delayed approval of OpenAI's next-generation model, GPT-5.6, adding regulatory pressure to the company's strategic calculus.
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OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
(The Guardian)
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