Ex-DOGE Engineers Raise $130 Million for AI Security Startup Backed by Top VC Firms
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Margaux MacColl, Sylvia Varnham O’Regan
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Summary
Three former Department of Government Efficiency engineers (Gavin Kliger, Luke Farritor, and Jack Stein) who helped slash the federal workforce under Elon Musk are now raising $130 million from Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital for a new AI security startup. The company aims to use AI to secure government systems against national security threats, marking a pivot from cutting government contracts to winning them.
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The company will focus on using AI to secure government systems against national security threats
Some of Elon Musk's earliest Department of Government Efficiency recruits are plotting their next act: getting into the business of war
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