States Take Equity in Strategic Technology
Governments increasingly move from regulating strategic technology firms to owning stakes in them, and more state-equity arrangements in AI and adjacent sectors will follow as the technology is treated as national infrastructure.
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The Financial Times reported OpenAI is weighing giving the US government a 5% ownership stake, an unusual state-ownership arrangement over a strategic AI firm.
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Supporting · July 2, 2026
OpenAI Is Said to Weigh Giving the US Government a 5% Stake
The Financial Times reported OpenAI is weighing giving the US government a 5% ownership stake, an unusual state-ownership arrangement over a strategic AI firm.
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