--- title: US officials have discussed taking government stakes in... description: Senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies, including OpenAI, about the federal government acquiring equity stakes in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/us-officials-have-discussed-taking-government-stakes-in-ai-companies-2tqgv4c54 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: US officials have discussed taking government stakes in AI companies | daily.dev og:description: Senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies, including OpenAI, about the federal government acquiring equity stakes in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/us-officials-have-discussed-taking-government-stakes-in-ai-companies-2tqgv4c54 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2tqGV4c54.png og:image:alt: US officials have discussed taking government stakes in AI companies og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # US officials have discussed taking government stakes in AI companies **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies, including OpenAI, about the federal government acquiring equity stakes in frontier AI firms. The concept, reportedly pitched by Sam Altman to the Trump administration since early 2025, involves companies voluntarily ceding shares rather than the government buying in. Proceeds could be directed to public purposes, including a dividend paid to all American households. Critics flag an inherent conflict of interest: a government that owns shares in companies it also regulates serves as both shareholder and referee. The idea has cross-partisan appeal — progressive proposals have similarly argued that if AI displaces workers, the public should hold a claim on resulting profits. No policy or deal exists yet; the talks are described as preliminary and hypothetical. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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