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“Bernie Sanders Proposes Government Ownership Stake in Major AI Firms via “American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund” 🚨🚨🚨

Bernie Sanders is calling for the federal government to take a direct ownership stake in leading artificial intelligence companies, arguing that the public should share in the economic gains generated by AI systems built on publicly available knowledge and data.

In a recent op-ed published in The New York Times, Sanders proposed the creation of an “American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund,” which would collect value from major AI firms and redistribute it to the public.

The proposal envisions a one-time 50% equity-based tax on leading AI companies — including firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic — with shares transferred directly to the federal government rather than paid in cash.

Under the plan, the government would hold these stakes in a national fund designed to generate long-term returns, similar in structure to Alaska’s Permanent Fund, which distributes oil and resource revenues directly to state residents.

Sanders argues that the modern AI boom is fundamentally different from past technology cycles because it is built on vast amounts of publicly generated data — including scientific research, cultural works, and human-created content — that he says has been monetized without compensation to the public.

The senator’s proposal arrives amid growing political scrutiny of artificial intelligence, as public concern rises over job displacement, labor disruption, and the concentration of economic power in a small number of tech firms.

It also aligns with broader policy discussions already underway in Washington.

White House has recently explored sovereign wealth fund concepts of its own, and the federal government has already taken or considered equity stakes in strategic industries such as semiconductors and critical materials, including companies like Intel.

Sanders argues that expanding public ownership into AI would give taxpayers not only financial upside but also influence over corporate decisions that affect employment, wages, and economic structure.

Supporters of the idea see it as a way to distribute the gains of AI more broadly across society. Critics, however, warn that heavy state ownership could deter innovation, reduce private investment, and entangle rapidly evolving technology firms in political decision-making.

The proposal is not yet formal legislation, but it adds to a growing debate in Washington over how — and whether — governments should directly participate in the ownership of the AI economy.

As artificial intelligence becomes more economically central, the question of who benefits from its growth is increasingly moving from theory into policy discussion.