The Trump administration and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are in discussions about a possible government stake in the company, CNBC reports. “The AI startup could donate equity to the U.S. government to seed something like the ‘Public Wealth Fund’ that the company outlined in its April policy proposal,” the outlet stated. Trump administration, OpenAI discussing possible government stake in the AI startup https://t.co/NrptJTDAWY — CNBC Tech (@CNBCtech) June 5, 2026 CNBC has more: OpenAI said the fund could “invest in diversified, long-term assets” and would enable citizens to participate in the “upside” of AI growth, possibly by receiving the fund’s returns directly, according to the proposal. No official investment terms have been decided, and the details are still subject to change. Notus was first to report the recent talks. President Donald Trump addressed the talks while on Air Force One with reporters on Friday. “There are concepts where pieces could be given to the American public, where the American public essentially becomes a partner,” he said. The president said he is meeting with AI companies “in the very short, very near future.” Watch below: Donald Trump told reporters that his team might buy US stakes in artificial-intelligence companies and said he would host a meeting with AI executives as soon as next week https://t.co/PEEBpte0jN pic.twitter.com/EN8BiqrFpl — Reuters (@Reuters) June 6, 2026 Trump signed an executive order in February directing the federal government to establish a sovereign wealth fund. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told the outlet that he and Altman discussed a sovereign wealth fund in a meeting earlier this week. “I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America. This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people,” Sanders said. Watch below: I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America. This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people. pic.twitter.com/y3ERWOsRfs — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 2, 2026 TechCrunch noted: David Sacks, an investor and podcaster who recently stepped down from his role as Trump’s AI and crypto czar, posted that he can see why Sanders’ idea resonates, “including with many on the right,” but warned it would actually “accelerate the corporate-government fusion we’re already sliding toward.” (Sacks now co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.) Elsewhere on social media, former Microsoft employee Dare Obasanjo suggested, “The groundwork is already being laid for a government bailout of OpenAI.”