Recruiting efforts that helped build Elon Musk’s dog army

Elon Musk’s so-called founding Government Efficiency Bureau (Doge) According to three sources and chat logs reviewed by Wired, some rely on recruitment campaigns conducted by young software engineers incited across online chat groups and Discord servers. Some engineers are associated with data analytics company Palantir or its co-founders and board chairs and Musk Ally -Peter Thiel.

As a Doge staff – a lot of them Young and have little or no government experience– To gain access to sensitive data in around 12 government agencies, this is the first view of some of the networks adopted by agents and those who rely on registering talent.

With online chat groups linked to Musk’s Space Company’s Palantir Alumni and SpaceX interns, and discrepancies servers related to military artificial intelligence programs, engineers are looking for people willing to spend six months in the Washington DC Cutting Federation. I said that. Expenditures account for about a quarter of US gross domestic product start from a third.

Anthony Jancso, one of three engineers associated with the recruitment effort, is a former Palantir employee. Sources say Jancso was hired by Steve Davis, a musk-related eu, president of Bloomberg’s boring company. It has been reported In December, I was leading the recruitment for Doge.

Palantir, Jancso, and Davis did not respond immediately to requests for comment. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Jancso’s resume lists him as a 2021 University of London graduate and as a “forward deployment” software engineer at Palantir between December 2021 and May 2023. Public sector. This is a 2023 story about future hackathons at the time, VentureBeat It reported that Accelerate received support from companies including Openai and humanity. 2024, Venture It became It is known as Acceleratex. The purpose is to provide the latest OS for the government. claim “We will convert government infrastructure with AI-powered automation and software that will be delivered in just a few days.”

In a message reviewed by Wired on November 26, 2024, people who use the screen name that contains the name Anthony and those who use the same handle that Jancso uses in their X accounts , Space Force Generation AI Challenge– According to its website, “an 8-week combination of AI crash course and problem-solving hack-aton involving over 350 participants.”

“We will help government efficiency teams find hardcore engineers,” the message reads. “If you can help anyone who is interested or knows enter the pipeline, send X’s github/linkedIn to @doge on DM.”

In early December, someone using the same handle posted to a chat group of Palantir alumni.

“Hey,” I read the message. “I’m helping Elon’s team find new managers’ Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) technical talent, a history of building efficient government and reducing federal budgets by 1/3. This is an opportunity. If you would like to play a role in this mission, please contact us within the next few days.”