According to the Financial Times, OpenAI offered US President Donald Trump’s administration a 5% stake in exchange for removing political obstacles to AI development. CEO Sam Altman believes that this is the best way to "share the benefits of artificial intelligence with the public." It is assumed that the shares will be transferred to a special fund, similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund, which distributes income from the oil sector among Alaskans.

The initiative has come at a time when Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with data centers, and citizens complain about noise, vibrations, and grid stress, as well as their concerns about AI’s impact on the labor market. CEO of Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz believes that the topic "Anti-AI" will be a key agenda in the Congress elections in autumn 2026. Some candidates are already advocating for the distribution of AI business revenues through taxation.

The last confirmed OpenAI estimate was $852 billion after closing the round by $122 billion in March 2026, so a 5% share is equivalent to about $42.6 billion. At the same time, the company has submitted a confidential IPO bid, but this does not require it to go public in the short term. The position of other AI companies on similar proposals remains unknown to the state.