The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
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Create the so -called Ministry of Governmental efficiency ((DodgeHe relied on an employment campaign, in part, by young software engineers who wander through Internet chat groups and Discord servers, according to three sources and records of chat reviewed by WIRED. Some engineers are associated with the Palantir Data Analysis Company, its founder, a chair – and the musk ally – Thiel.
As Doug employees – many of them A young man and with little or non -governmental experience– Dispensing access to sensitive data across about ten government agencies, this is the first view of some of the networks that the agency has recruited, which they relied on to recruit talents.
In the online chat groups associated with graduates in Paltrere and SPACEX trainees, Musk’s Space Company, as well as in the Discord Servant linked to a military artificial intelligence program, the engineers said they are looking for people ready to spend six months in Washington, DC, in the Federal spending – which represents about a quarter American GDP – a third.
Anthony Jano, one of the three engineers associated with employment effort, is a former Paltier employee. According to the sources, Yanxo said he was recruited in Doug by Steve Davis, the head of the boring company and Musk Lieutenant who Bloomberg I mentioned In December he was driving employment in Duj.
He did not respond to Al -Athir, Jansu and Davis immediately for the suspension requests. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It is narrated by Jancso’s appeal as a graduate in 2021 from the University of London College, and was a software engineer “published forward” in Palantir between December 2021 and May 2023. Jancso is famous for leading a project called Access SF, which aims to benefit from artificial intelligence in artificial intelligence public sector. In the story of 2023 on the next Hackathon at the time, Venturebeat She mentioned that acceleration may receive support from companies including Openai and anthropology. In 2024, the project become Known as Accesseratex. It claims to provide a “modern operating system for government”, Exceleratex Claims “It transformed government infrastructure using automation and programs that operate in Amnesty International, which are delivered in days.”
On November 26, 2024, in a message reviewed by WIRED, a person uses a screen name including Anthony name and the same handle that Jancso uses at his X’s account published on the associated Discord Service Challenge the strength of space from artificial intelligence-“A mixture of eight weeks of artificial intelligence collision and problem solving that participated in 350 participants,” according to its website.
“Helping the government competence team find militant engineers,” says the message. “Send GitHub/LinkedIn to DOGE on X and your X X in DM if you are interested or know someone, can help them reach the pipeline.”
In early December, in another message reviewed by WIRED, a person using the same handover is published on a group of Palantir Graduates.
“Hello everyone,” I read the message. “I am helping Elon team to find a technical talent in the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) in the new supervisor. This is a historical opportunity to build an effective government, and reduce the federal budget by 1/3. If you are interested in playing a role in this task, please contact in the few days Next.