Trump Administration Considers Government Equity Stakes in AI Companies
Senior Trump administration officials have explored ways to structure potential government equity stakes in major AI companies ahead of export control actions affecting Anthropic, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent favoring using such stakes to seed "Trump Accounts" and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick instead preferring channeling them into a sovereign wealth fund structure, Semafor's Eleanor Mueller reports. The talks about possible AI stakes ceded to the government are still in the early stages, sources say.
