Monday, February 10, 2025

DOGE Needs Bigger AI to Protect & Enrich TechGods


The Department of Greedy Executives (DOGE) disrupted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after a number of "Senior Advisors" visited their offices.  DOGE has been using the "greed and leverage boys' take-over playbook, even stealing the Senior Advisor label from private equity underwriters (PEU).
The public is generally in favor of Trump II, the digital Caligula.  Maybe it's been a long time since their last PEU workplace takeover.  For many, Musk's outfit brings back bad memories.

Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway took up Trump/Musk's government evisceration.  The discussion begins around the 5:00 mark.  The pair speak strongly about DOGE being a coup and not legal.  They mostly talked about Trump and Musk but spent a few minutes on Elon's henchmen.
"These idiots, these children, these arrogant little pr---s - come in and say, 'We're going to call the federal marshals, or the President has ordered you to step aside"
Elon, the free speech absolutist called out Swisher and Galloway, characterizing them as:
"cruel, mean and deceitful human beings" who are "threatening" young DOGE professionals
Meanwhile, Elon is leading a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI.  The Guardian reported:
The bid is backed by xAI and several investment firms, including one run by Joe Lonsdale, who co-founded the stealth government contractor Palantir. Ari Emanuel, who’s the CEO of the entertainment company Endeavor, has also joined the group through his investment fund.
Apparently DOGE learned in its first two weeks that it's going to need a bigger AI to junk all those federal workers.  
DOGE Motto:  To protect & enrich our TechGods.  

Update:  WSJ identified investors backing Musk's xAI bid for OpenAI include Valor Equity Partners, Baron Capital, Atreides Management, Vy Capital, Jon Lonsdale's 8VC and Ari Emanuel's Endeavor.