Open AI is reportedly in talks to give the Trump administration a 5% stake in the company,

according to a Financial Times report.

This move comes amid bipartisan calls for the public to also benefit from AI company's

financial boom and get a share of the profit.

According to the Financial Times report, the proposal aims to replicate the Alaska Permanent Fund,

which has been investing part of the state's oil revenues since 1976.

Alaskan residents get an annual dividend, which was valued at nearly $9.2 billion as of May 31st.

The proposal that OpenAI is pitching also calls for other AI companies in the US to give

the government a 5% stake.

For now, it remains unclear if other AI giants are willing to be a part of the fund,

or how semiconductor companies like Nvidia could be expected to join. These talks mostly remain, quote,

conceptual for now with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, directly in contact with President Trump,

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, and Treasury Secretary Scott Besson. The proposal could improve

OpenAI's relationship with the current administration as the White

House begins to regulate the rollout of advanced AI models like Mythos and GPT 5.6.

In April, OpenAI published a document which called for a creation of a public wealth fund,

among other things, to give Americans

an automatic stake in AI companies, even if they are not the ones directly investing in these

markets. The document also proposed taxing businesses that replace humans with AI and compensating

for loss and income taxes by raising corporate tax rates.

Last month, Trump told reporters he was hearing, quote, concepts where pieces could be given

to the American public and called the idea, quote, interesting and said his administration

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