- A new analysis finds at least two dozen former staffers from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are leveraging their Washington experience to fuel private-sector ventures.
- Businesses co-founded or backed by ex-DOGE personnel have raised more than $500 million across sectors such as artificial intelligence, cyberwarfare, and data centers.
- Ethics experts warned that these alumni are monetizing government service in unprecedented ways, creating calls to modernize federal ethics laws.
- DOGE operated briefly during President Donald Trump's second term, claiming $215 billion in taxpayer savings—a figure critics dispute and that falls well short of Musk's original $2 trillion goal.
- Musk previously left the administration after a public feud with President Trump over legislation, though he has since resumed heavy political fundraising for Republicans.
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