About this episode

This episode explores OpenAI's offer of a 5% ownership stake to the US government and its implications.

OpenAI just offered the US government a 5% ownership stake, and host Emily Laird checks the receipts on what that $42.6 billion gift actually costs. This episode traces the timeline from frozen model releases to a confidential IPO filing, and explains why handing equity to your regulator looks less like patriotism and more like the most expensive insurance policy in corporate history. From the Alaska Permanent Fund plumbing to Bernie Sanders wanting ten times more, the whole deal gets priced out in plain English. It's a reality check on who owns what when the referee asks to join the team. ────────────────── 📑READ DEAN BALL'S ESSAY https://www.hyperdimensional.co/p/what-should-be-done 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird ────────────────── You now know more about OpenAI's repoted government gift than you did before you arrived.

People in this episode

Host: Emily Laird

Topics covered

• OpenAI
• government ownership
• corporate insurance
• IPO
• equity
• patriotism
• financial analysis

Keywords

• OpenAI
• government gift
• equity
• IPO filing
• insurance policy
• Bernie Sanders
• Alaska Permanent Fund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Alaska Permanent Fund

Places: US

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