Engineers
between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key
role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
Elon Musk’s takeover
of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of
things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of—and in at least
one case, purportedly still in—college. Most have connections to Musk,
and at least two have connections to Musk’s longtime associate Peter
Thiel, a cofounder and chair of the analytics firm and government
contractor Palantir who has long expressed opposition to democracy.
WIRED
has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and
24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other
records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing
critical roles in Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency
(DOGE) project, tasked by executive order with “modernizing Federal
technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and
productivity.” The engineers all hold nebulous job titles within DOGE,
and at least one appears to be working as a volunteer.
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