Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, on Monday vowed to give every child in the U.S. a share of SpaceX, a company valued at nearly $2 trillion, starting next year. Based on an estimated 73 million children under 18 and a share price of about $150, the giveaway would total nearly $11 billion, or about 1.2% of Musk's $908.5 billion net worth. Musk did not say how or when the shares would be distributed or what age cutoff would apply. The pledge came as Anthropic announced a Public Benefit Fund holding 5% of its shares and the OpenAI Foundation planned to invest $1 billion over a year, amid concerns about AI's effects on jobs and the economy.
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