U.S President Plans White House Meeting With AI Companies Next Week On Federal Partnership To Share Profits With The Public
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/ai-companies-white-house-profit-sharing-00952167
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/ai-companies-white-house-profit-sharing-00952167
33 Comments
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 82 pts · 69d
"share profit with the Executive Branch and losses with the public"
ftfy
pdxfed@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 69d
SpaceX IPO that is being "fast tracked" for inclusion in the S&P500 is exit liquidity for the early investors and musk. Value yourself at some bullshit and force the public to buy your shares by inclusion in the most popular index fund who are required to weight their holdings based on market cap of your stock and buy shares to mirror index.if the company were so valuable and amazing with future growth prospects why would any insiders who already have pre-IPO shares want to sell? To cash out and/or de-risk is the only answer, and the general public's retirement will fund it. It's the same reason Trump is pushing the FTC to allow riskier assets like crypto and private investments in 401k accounts; exit liquidity for the current holders, most of whom know their investments are shit. Who better to buy them than index funds and the general public by limited choice in 401k fund options?
If any of this sounds familiar, it's the same playbook as the great recession/"financial crisis", when the rich elite suddenly required rescuing and backing of the US gov because their greed didn't offer an out. Suddenly the public's problem when they would have to take a loss.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 69d
It's no longer being fast tracked.
pdxfed@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 69d
Thanks, traveling and hadn't seen the s&p update. Looks like NASDAQ's fast track is still on.
karashta@piefed.social · 47 pts · 69d
Wouldn't they have to make profits first?
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 69d
You see, this way they get to share the losses with the public too!
Teknikal@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 69d
I've a feeling they want to share the debt with the public.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 69d
When you accidentally reinvent corporate taxes.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 69d
It‘s just the good old „privatize profits, nationalize losses“ playbook because AI companies are in fact not making money with it. They know the party is over so they‘re preparing to make it everyone else‘s problem. It‘s another grift on top of a grift, but unfortunately for everyone else they‘re trying to legitimize it.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 69d
But you forget. The wealthy and powerful don't see us as people. When they say public they mean the trumps, epsteins, and Jared's of the world. We are labor or slaves in their eyes not the public.
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 69d
What profits? As far as I know, most or all AI are still massively unprofitable...
EvilBit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 68d
Probably sharing only the negative profits, so, uh, more taxes, everybody!
db2@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 68d
And if you believe that you'll believe anything.
shiftymccool@piefed.ca · 22 pts · 69d
What a fucking moron
DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 69d
Profits, lol.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 69d
Barbarian@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 69d
What profits? AI companies are burning through money like crazy.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 68d
Trump's statement includes the weasel-word could at a crucial position:
That's salestalk and means nothing.
I also still don't understand how this is anything other than going public, buying and selling shares etc.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 69d
Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 69d
Headline fixed
K1nsey6@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 68d
Profits will be negative for years so they are asking us to fund their failures
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 68d
Isn't this how taxes work?
iconic_admin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 69d
But their profits are negative… oh no.
mech@feddit.org · 8 pts · 69d
When he talks about sharing profits with "The Public", he isn't thinking of people like you and me (he never is).
He's thinking about himself and his friends.
Grabthar@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 69d
When the profits will be negative, I assure you he is talking about you.
mech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 69d
Yeah, that's another angle: Now that the bubble is about to pop, let's quickly tie profitability (positive and negative) to the public purse.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 69d
“Come inside, we have important business to discuss. Right this way, past the cage fighting ring and bulldozed half of the house.”
blattrules@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 68d
Tax them and every company that lays people off because of AI and put that towards UBI. Trumps not gonna do it because he’s a shortsighted moron, but that needs to happen if companies are planning to sacrifice jobs for AI.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 69d
Fuck politico.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 69d
I read the article, and to me it still sounds like The Don is shilling for AI companies, encouraging the public to buy their stocks - nothing more.
Cherry@piefed.social · 2 pts · 69d
When you didn't think the techbros could be less trust-able...and orange turdbag somehow comes up with a way. Maybe this could make the crash happen.
Janx@piefed.social · 4 pts · 69d
"trust-able"...?
kokesh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 69d
I guess he wants to show the tRump pool/skyscrapers comparison again.