--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "fb9033885c09adc645a4c2a4bb0e865752c56c7aa56a52db6a1a34fd39b38a3d" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/fb903388?lang=en" title: "Trump Says US May Take Stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-02T15:51:21.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["openai","regulation"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/trump-says-us-may-take-stakes-in-openai-and-anthropic-6c28a6cd","https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2105693155853205594","https://x.com/GaryMarcus/status/2105703249290702873","https://x.com/viaCristiano/status/2105649276265087205","https://x.com/choblin29/status/2105693571080995155","https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2105650186722869500","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2105724723112169589","https://x.com/JMichaelWaller/status/2105124672450740280"] summary: "President Donald Trump said in a TIME interview that he might take US government equity stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic, while rejecting nationalization of the AI companies. Asked about taking 10% stakes modeled on the government's Intel deal, he replied: “I might. Maybe I could do that.” Trump said the Intel stake had made the government about $60 billion. OpenAI reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake in July, while Anthropic and the administration have denied discussing a stake in that company. Asked what guardrails would apply if leading AI labs did bad things, Trump said: “I have a DOJ, I have an FBI.” AI researcher Gary Marcus challenged the prospect of government ownership, writing: “no way will this government properly police companies that it has a 10% equity stake in.”" --- # Trump Says US May Take Stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-02T15:51:21.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** openai, regulation ## Summary President Donald Trump said in a TIME interview that he might take US government equity stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic, while rejecting nationalization of the AI companies\. Asked about taking 10% stakes modeled on the government's Intel deal, he replied: “I might\. Maybe I could do that\.” Trump said the Intel stake had made the government about $60 billion\. OpenAI reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake in July, while Anthropic and the administration have denied discussing a stake in that company\. Asked what guardrails would apply if leading AI labs did bad things, Trump said: “I have a DOJ, I have an FBI\.” AI researcher Gary Marcus challenged the prospect of government ownership, writing: “no way will this government properly police companies that it has a 10% equity stake in\.” ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()