US officials have discussed taking government stakes in AI companies

The Next Web
By Alina Maria StanJun 5, 2026, 5:38 am134 pts
The idea is unusual enough that it took a moment to register: the United States government, owning a slice of the companies building frontier AI. According to a report by NOTUS, senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies about exactly that, the federal government acquiring…

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