The foundation of Elon Musks so -called Efficiency of the government’s Ministry ((Dog) based on a recruitment campaign, which was partly carried out by young software engineers who failed via online chat groups and Discord server, three sources and chat protocols that were checked by WIRED. Some of the engineers are connected to the data analysis company Palantir or his co -founder and the chairman of the board of the Board of Director – and the musk ally – in Peter Thiel.
As employees of Dogs – many of them young and with little or no government experience– In about a dozen government agencies, this has the first look at some of the networks from which the agency recruited and to which they rely on to involve talents.
In online chat groups, which with Palantir -Alumni and SpaceX interns, Musk’s space society, as well as on a Discord server associated with a military artificial intelligence program -which is about a quarter of the US .
Anthony Jancso, one of three engineers who are connected to the recruitment efforts, is a former Palantir employee. According to Sources, Jancso said that he was recruited by Steve Davis, the President and Muscle Lieutenant, the Bloomberg, after Doge, the Boring Company President reported The recruitment for Doge led in December.
Palantir, Jancso and Davis did not immediately answer inquiries about comments. The White House did not immediately answer a request for comments.
Jancsos Résumé lists him as a graduate of the University College London 2021 and as a “Forward Starting” software engineer at Palantir between December 2021 and May 2023. Jancso is best known for the management of a project called Accelerate SF. In a 2023 story about an upcoming hackathon, Venture reported that accelerate had supported companies such as Openaai and Anthropic. The company in 2024 became known as acceleratex. Anbating, “a modern operating system for the government”, to offer acceleratex Claims It changes “the state infrastructure with AI-driven automation and software that is delivered in days”.
On November 26, 2024 in a message checked by WIRED, a person who uses a screen name with the name Anthony and the same handle that Jancso uses on his X account, which was published in a Discord server that is assigned to this Space Force Generative AI Challenge-Een an “eight-week combination of AI crash course and problem-solving hack-a-thon, which included over 350 participants,” says his website.
“The department for the government’s efficiency team to find hardcore engineers,” says the message. “Send your Github/LinkedIn to @doge to X and your X -handle to me in DM, if you are interested or know someone it is, could help bring you into the pipeline.”
At the beginning of December, in a different message checked by WIRED, a person who uses the same handle who was posted on a chat group for Palantir -Alumni.
“Hey all,” was the news. “I help Elon’s team to find technical talents for the efficiency of the Ministry of Government (Doge) in the new administrator. This is a historical opportunity to build an efficient government and reduce the federal budget by 1/3. If you want to play a role in this mission, please contact the next few days. “
