Former DOGE Members Launch AI Startup 'Special' with a16z Backing to Bring Government Efficiency Tactics to Private Sector
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Vittoria Elliott
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Former members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an Elon Musk-aligned initiative, have launched a startup called Special with backing from Marc Andreessen's a16z venture capital firm. The startup aims to apply AI-driven efficiency methods used in government to the private sector, claiming that American industries are inefficient. The venture is backed by several former DOGE members and represents a move to commercialize the cost-cutting and AI transformation approaches developed during their government work.
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· 3 pulledFormer members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have launched a startup to, they say, bring 'DOGE for the private sector.'
Their holding company, called Special, has backing from billionaire Marc Andreessen's venture capital firm a16z and several other former DOGE members.
Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox, who led DOGE's efforts at several government agencies, write that their startup will build 'an operating system to transform critical American industries with AI,' and claim that 'Main Street,' like the federal government, is inefficient.
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