{"id":23766,"date":"2026-07-02T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/openai-in-early-talks-to-give-5-stake-to-us-government\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:37:16","slug":"openai-in-early-talks-to-give-5-stake-to-us-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/openai-in-early-talks-to-give-5-stake-to-us-government\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI \u2018in early talks to give 5% stake to US government\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/jul\/02\/uk-cost-of-living-squeeze-diesel-record-fall-mortage-rates-stock-markets-us-jobs-report-live-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>The OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, has argued that giving the US public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the benefits of AI, according to the Financial Times, which cited two unnamed people familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jul\/02\/openai-stake-us-government-ai-sam-altman\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/76da7fb7c521edfd0fc738f9b9eb5354bb771bd1\/720_0_7200_5760\/master\/7200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1381df9d2a52419b2082361f4ee8cb50\" title=\"OpenAI \u2018in early talks to give 5% stake to US government\u2019\" \/>CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<br \/>\nThe OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, has argued that giving the US public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the benefits of AI, according to the Financial Times, which cited two unnamed people familiar with the discussions. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says Business live \u2013 latest updates OpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/openai-in-early-talks-to-give-5-stake-to-us-government\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OpenAI \u2018in early talks to give 5% stake to US government\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}