Why a U.S. sovereign wealth fund for AI is harder than it sounds
Creating a government fund to own AI stock and benefit all Americans would require many hard choices. Should the U.S. government require artificial intelligence companies to transfer half of their stock to a sovereign wealth fund —a government-run fund that invests surplus state revenues for long-term savings and economic stability? About 7 in 10 Americans who were asked this question in a June 2026 survey answered that it should. The survey was conducted around the time that Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Published: 1 August 2026
Source: Fast Company Tech
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 2 August 2026
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