Peter H. Diamandis
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Podcast Appearances
It's got a low score.
This agent is, you know, got 100% Uber score.
Salim, what are you thinking here?
All right, let's get on to the meat of one of the most important stories here today.
And it is the U.S.
government exploring ownership stakes in AI companies.
This is one we've talked about before.
It's getting more real.
Trump called a government stake in AI's giants a beautiful thing and then floated the idea that pieces could be given to the American public to share in the economic gains.
And this isn't without precedent, right?
The government already holds stakes in more than 20 private companies.
Here's some of the numbers.
10% of Intel, 15% of MP Materials, 10% of Lithium Americas, 10% of Trilogy Metals, 10% of USA Rare Earth, and 10% of Korea Zinc.
Guys, to me, it sure looks like there's a precedent for 10% stake in the Frontier Labs as well.
Dave, I want to go to you first.
I mean, one of the questions that fascinates me is what would the government do with these shares?
Sell them?
Keep them?
There's an argument that these companies could be the most highest value companies on the planet.
And if we're going to need some kind of a financing mechanism for some future version of UBI, this sounds like it's gaining the most momentum.