OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has proposed that the United States government take a five percent equity stake in the artificial intelligence firm, according to reports from the Financial Times. Altman raised the idea during discussions with senior administration officials, including President Donald Trump, as part of a broader push to establish a global regulatory framework for advanced technology systems. The suggested arrangement involves allocating equity to a sovereign wealth fund system, with the five percent holding in OpenAI valued at approximately forty-two billion dollars. The mechanism intends to distribute the economic gains of technical growth directly to American citizens, closely mirroring the Alaska Permanent Fund. Under the plan, other leading American developers would contribute identical stakes, though the willingness of competing firms to support the initiative remains unclear. The pitch arrives amid intensifying scrutiny from Washington regarding the rapid expansion of AI systems, including concerns over energy and water requirements of data centers, national security, and labor displacement. OpenAI delayed the full public launch of its GPT 5.6 model following a direct request from federal officials.