# Sanders wants the public to own half of OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/sanders-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-openai-anthropic-xai>
> Published: 2026-06-03 18:34:28+00:00

Sen. Bernie Sanders said he will introduce legislation that would require the largest AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI (@xai), to transfer 50% of their stock into a federal sovereign wealth fund, putting public ownership directly in conflict with the control that Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk (@elonmusk) have over the industry's most closely watched labs. Sanders laid out the proposal in a June 1 New York Times op ed republished on his Senate site. He said the Americ...