# Sam Altman Offered US 5% of OpenAI Plus Competitors

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Podcast: [Good Revenue News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-revenue-6621493)
Published: 2026-07-03T02:42:40+00:00
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## Resource

Sam Altman reportedly offered the US government a 5% equity stake in OpenAI — AND in Anthropic, Meta, and other Big Tech AI companies — as part of a US sovereign wealth fund proposal. Without apparently asking those other companies first. We break down what that 5% is actually worth (the math hits $42B+ for OpenAI alone), what it reveals about Sam Altman's personal investment portfolio, and what this means for AI regulation and Big Tech competition. CHAPTERS 00:00 Altman's $42B Government Offer 01:30 Equity He Doesn't Own 02:45 Intel's 10% Lesson 04:00 Government Owning Private Companies 05:20 Fable 5 Export Ban Lifted 06:30 Anthropic's DoD Ban Continues 07:00 Nadella Turns on Frontier Labs 07:45 DeepSeek's Stolen Advantage 09:15 Anthropic Targets Copilot IF YOU LIKED THIS, WATCH: → China's Alibaba Launches Worst Ever Distillation Attacks on Anthropic: https://youtu.be/gG-i6PndhbA → Pentagon's Anthropic Ban is Falling Apart, Here's Why Microsoft Stepped In: https://youtu.be/u-Wm1uXi5KE → Pentagon Bans Anthropic, AI Agent Leaks, and China's Export Attacks: https://youtu.be/9lIMMjk_vHg → SpaceX Just Pulled Off the Most Dangerous IPO Trick Ever: https://youtu.be/zQuGPAJKQiE SOURCES & FURTHER READING Sam Altman's AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Proposal • Sam Altman's Plan to Give the US Government a Stake in OpenAI: https://www.ft.com/content/7c803eab-8e80-4431-9a87-e943bf00e00b • How Sam Altman's 400 Personal Investments Circle Back to OpenAI: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/see-how-sam-altmans-personal-investments-benefit-from-ties-to-openai-9fcb24c9?mod=hp_lead_pos2 • JD Vance's Case for the White House Owning a Piece of Every AI Company: https://www.threads.com/@surmountinvest/post/DZz25PFk5DO/media?xmt=AQG0aY4WPLFbfrJeoK6hLL9ObZ0yBJp0F-nQgFxx6-DLf4b0cb_dK00F1TQnO2qVxefjLEgq…

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