President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US government may take stakes in artificial intelligence giants such as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI. However, Anthropic is said to be absent from stock talks, an absence that may become its biggest asset.
Trump plans to host AI executives at the White House to discuss the ownership plan as early as next week. Meanwhile, Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to go public with valuations approaching $1 trillion.
Trump’s AI ownership plan excludes anthropologists
Senior US officials have held initial discussions with major AI companies about the government taking shares. Someone familiar with the matter He said Anthropics doesn’t have those conversations.
OpenAI is at the other end of the spectrum. CEO Sam Altman has discussed the concept with management officials since early 2025, according to CNBC.
OpenAI’s April policy proposal also specified a public wealth fund that could donate shares.
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Trump coined the idea as a way to give taxpayers direct exposure to AI profits, according to Washington mail.
“It almost becomes a partnership with the American public.”
Trillion-dollar pre-IPO dilution calculations
The proposal comes at a sensitive moment. Anthropic foot S-1 Company On June 1 after its $65 billion Series H was valued at $965 billion.
OpenAI was last rated at $852 billion in March She prepares her own list.
Management has precedent. It acquired approximately 10% of Intel shares in 2025 and He holds positions at IBM And many quantum companies.
A similar stake in OpenAI’s valuation would shift roughly $85 billion away from existing shareholders and IPO buyers.
Political pressure extends to both parties. Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a one-time 50% tax, paid in shares, on OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI.
Investors are weighing in $3 trillion IPO wave Therefore, we must appreciate the governance risks that Anthropic does not currently bear.
From blacklist to feature
Human distance from Washington was not a strategy at first. Company Pentagon ultimatum rejected In February due to unrestricted military use of Claude.
Trump ordered federal agencies to stop doing business with the company on February 27.
The Pentagon then designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk, the first such designation for a U.S. company. Anthropic File a lawsuit against the administration in March, and lost in an appeals court in April, although Trump later called a defense deal possible.
This disagreement has kept Anthropic out of the stock conversation. With an IPO on the horizon, that same independence can now be read as a cleaner ownership story for public investors.
A White House meeting next week may clarify share sizes, voting rights and participating companies.
Even then, it’s an open question whether markets pay a premium for an AI company that the government doesn’t own.
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