Trump Team Weighs Government Stakes in AI Firms

Trump advisers are weighing how to structure possible government equity stakes in major AI companies, considering options such as funneling stakes to a Trump Accounts or directing them to a sovereign wealth fund. The discussions are in early stages with no decision yet, and a meeting with industry CEOs has not yet materialized. Ongoing export controls on Anthropic and industry skepticism complicate the idea, and analysts say any plan would require guardrails and new legislation, while questions remain about how returns would be paid given high valuations.