Trump rules out nationalizing OpenAI and Anthropic, floats possible stakes
Trump said the US would not nationalize leading AI labs but left open the possibility of taking equity stakes; no deal or stake size was announced.
In an interview about the US government’s role in AI, Donald Trump ruled out nationalizing labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Asked whether the government might instead take shares in them, as it did with Intel, he said he might consider it.
That was a statement of possibility, not an announced transaction or settled policy. The 10% figure refers to the Intel example and is not an agreed stake in either AI company.
