President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’s spoken to AI companies about striking deals “where the American people can benefit from the success of AI.” Trump does not seem to have mentioned specific companies in his comments, but OpenAI is a likely candidate, especially after CNBC reported that… …
… One surprise was the sheer volume of Nvidia’s stakes in privately held companies listed in the filing as “non-marketable equity securities” , which nearly doubled between January and April. …
… Trump has also endorsed the idea that the government could take an equity stake in major AI companies . …
… This comes as Trump has said he’s weighing whether the U.S. should take equity stakes in the country’s top AI companies. …
… Since then, Porsche has extracted itself from several endeavors, including an agreement reached in April to sell its equity stakes in Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Group to a consortium led by New York-based investment firm HOF Capital. …
… "The OpenAI nonprofit has over $150 billion of OpenAI equity value. …
… Tim Fernholz Tim Fernholz is a journalist who writes about technology, finance and public policy. …