OpenAI's Sam Altman wants to negotiate a 5% stake in company for US if competitors agree to key provision

OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman is considering offering 5% of his company to the U.S. in a deal negotiated with President Donald Trump if his other AI competitors agree to do the same, the Financial Times reported Thursday . Altman reportedly met with Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about a plan to make OpenAI public to some degree, according to the report. Altman also met with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who recently proposed broad public ownershi