{"id":287,"date":"2026-06-09T08:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidashxp.com\/us-government-ai-ownership-stake\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:09:43","slug":"us-government-ai-ownership-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidashxp.com\/en\/us-government-ai-ownership-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Sanders team up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rare cross-party consensus has emerged in American politics:<strong>Both the left and right are seriously discussing government investment in AI companies.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A rare consensus between Trump and Sanders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 6, Trump told reporters that the U.S. government may impose sanctions on AI giants such as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI.<strong>Hold direct equity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks came just days after Sanders published an op-ed in the New York Times calling for taxes on leading AI companies.<strong>50% public ownership<\/strong>Only a few days.<strong>Government investment in AI is no longer just a fantasy of the radical left<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sanders\u2019 \u201cUS AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders' bill proposes one-time tax on OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI<strong>50% share tax<\/strong>(excluding Google and Meta), put these shares into a federal sovereign wealth fund.<strong>Voting and dividend rights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the bill has almost zero chance of passing in the short term, it provides an important basis for discussion on the policy framework.<strong>\u201cTraining data comes from the public, and AI wealth should be partially returned to the public.\u201d<\/strong>This argument is gaining cross-party support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Altman's Secret Lobbying: From Confrontation to Negotiation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even more intriguing are the dynamics behind the scenes.<strong>In early 2025, he began to privately promote the concept of government ownership to Trump.<\/strong>, and again in recent weeks with senior White House officials.<strong>\"Overall Concept\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a rejection, but a statement from a CEO who is preparing for a hundreds of billions of dollars IPO.<strong>negotiation posture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">xAI is first in line: $0.42 per agency for federal AI contracts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind this discussion, xAI has already secured actual government orders.<strong>$0.42 per institution<\/strong>The price of using Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pricing at $0.42 is significantly below any commercially sustainable level \u2013 it\u2019s trading subsidies for government mindshare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this mean for the AI \u200b\u200bindustry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthropic has just secretly submitted an IPO with a valuation of US$965 billion, OpenAI aims to go public in September this year, and SpaceX (including xAI) will be publicly traded on June 12th\u2014\u2014<strong>Three trillion-dollar AI companies to hit public markets in the same quarter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of whether the Sanders bill passes, the discussion of government investment in AI has moved from the political fringe to the center.<strong>The U.S. AI industry is entering a new era that places equal emphasis on regulation and ownership.<\/strong>\u2014\u2014The question is, will this accelerate or hinder AI innovation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue to pay attention to AI industry trends and 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