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OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman is considering offering 5% of his company to the U.S. in a deal negotiated with President Donald Trump if his other AI competitors agree to do the same, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
Altman reportedly met with Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about a plan to make OpenAI public to some degree, according to the report.
Altman also met with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who recently proposed broad public ownership of AI companies, suggesting U.S. taxpayers should own up to half of the companies.
Altman reportedly believes that giving the public partial ownership of AI companies is the best way to spread the benefits of the rapidly growing sector to the American people.
Altman, however, would also want to see AI competitors like Meta, Google and Anthropic contribute 5% of their companies to the public to commit to giving up a portion of OpenAI.
Anthropic, makers of ChatGPT rival Claude, recently renewed its relationship with the White House and President Trump after being on the outs with the executive branch. The company was recently removed from a Pentagon supply chain risk blacklist and is now working with government officials.
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Altman, according to the report, is seeking his public gambit to avoid the fate of Anthropic and place himself and OpenAI in Trump's good graces by adding his company to America's growing corporate portfolio.
Altman is allegedly trying to place himself and OpenAI in Trump's good graces. (Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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