OpenAI wants the US government to effectively cosign these loans, making taxpayers responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars in losses if OpenAI defaults.

OpenAI and its partners are planning to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a data center buildout.

OpenAI is burning billions of dollars every month on top of trillions of dollars in future spending commitments with no clear answer for how it's going to get that money.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Frier publicly requested a government bailout in November 2025, which was widely condemned and swiftly rejected by the government.

Sam Altman published a tweet stating that OpenAI does not want government guarantees for its data centers and taxpayers should not bail out companies that make bad business decisions, contradicting Sarah Frier's public request the day prior.

OpenAI operated on a massive deficit in 2024, with a revenue of $3.4 billion and a loss of $5 billion.