OpenAI's $42.6 Billion Offer: Inside the Plan to Give Washington a Stake in Every Frontier AI Lab - July 14, 2026

OpenAI's $42.6 Billion Offer: Inside the Plan to Give Washington a Stake in Every Frontier AI Lab Chris and Laura dig into OpenAI's proposal to hand the US government a five percent equity stake worth roughly $42.6 billion, part of a sweeping plan to route slices of every leading AI lab into an Alaska style public wealth fund. They unpack the Intel precedent, the regulatory capture risks, the congressional hurdles, and what it means when the referee starts owning shares in the teams. Hosted...