The Financial Times reports that OpenAI is in discussions with the U.S. government about ceding 5% of its shares to the government ahead of the company's planned listing later this year.

The Trump administration has recently introduced measures to restrict external access to the most advanced AI models developed by American developers, highlighting the importance of maintaining a cooperative relationship with the government, and government shareholding is one of the means to strengthen this relationship.
The rapid expansion of AI has sparked deep public anxiety. Polls show widespread concerns about job losses, environmental issues, wealth concentration, and cybersecurity threats. Allowing the government to hold partial equity in AI companies, thereby enabling the public to indirectly share in the dividends brought by AI, could be a way to quell external criticism and mitigate political backlash.