Trump Says U.S. May Take Equity Stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic, Mirroring Intel Model

President Trump has signaled that the U.S. government could take equity stakes in leading artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic, similar to its recent investment in semiconductor manufacturer Intel, according to remarks made in a TIME interview published Thursday. When asked during an interview conducted September 28 why the government had not taken equity shares in frontier AI laboratories as it had with Intel, Trump responded "I might. Maybe I could do that," citing the Intel precedent where the U.S. holds approximately a 10% stake valued at around $60 billion.