OpenAI Offers US Government a $42 Billion Slice of Itself: Report
In brief OpenAI has proposed handing the U.S. government a 5% stake worth roughly $42.6 billion, based on its $852 billion March 2026 valuation, according to the Financial Times. Sam Altman pitched the idea directly to...
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An important story is making waves across the blockchain ecosystem. In brief OpenAI has proposed handing the U. government a 5% stake worth roughly $42.
6 billion, based on its $852 billion March 2026 valuation, according to the Financial Times. Sam Altman pitched the idea directly to President Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and wants Anthropic, Google, and Meta to contribute similar stakes.
The talks follow a month of escalating government intervention in frontier AI releases—including a delayed GPT-5. 6 rollout and a temporary export ban on Anthropic's top models.
This shift continues to shape the digital-asset landscape, with analysts examining its near-term effects.
