OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
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A proposal to hand 5% of OpenAI equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund puts public capture of AI upside on the table as a live policy option. Large AI vendors and infra providers should assume future deals and licenses may be negotiated under an explicit “public return” lens.
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