America’s Most Surprising New Tech Investor in 2026 Is the Federal Government (opens in new tab)

Sam Altman walked into the Oval Office in early 2025 and pitched President Donald Trump on the idea of giving the American government an equity stake in OpenAI. That conversation, which took place before most of Washington had fully processed what the AI boom was going to mean for wealth distribution, has been developing quietly […] The post appeared first on .