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The state and the left converge on taking lab equity

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The President said he is interested in the US government holding equity stakes in leading AI labs, OpenAI is reportedly weighing donating equity to seed a Public Wealth Fund, and Senator Sanders plans a bill transferring 50% of top labs' equity to a public fund.

Reporting date: 2026-06-07 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 7, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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The state and the left converge on taking lab equity
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Reporting date: 2026-06-07
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-07-everyone-wants-on-the-cap-table
Claim: The President said he is interested in the US government holding equity stakes in leading AI labs, OpenAI is reportedly weighing donating equity to seed a Public Wealth Fund, and Senator Sanders plans a bill transferring 50% of top labs' equity to a public fund.
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- Welcome to June 7, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-7-2026
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