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The DOGE Bros Want Another Shot
Two former staffers have created a new, perplexing company.
TL;DR
- Special, co-founded by former DOGE staffers Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh, aims to bring private sector efficiency to critical American industries.
- The company has secured funding from prominent Silicon Valley investors and Musk associates.
- Special plans to acquire companies and implement an AI-powered operating system to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
- Their first initiative, Figure Health, targets the elder care industry with AI tools to streamline operations and improve patient care.
- Questions arise about Special's premise, given the previous DOGE experiment's controversial outcomes and criticisms of the private sector's existing structures.
- Details about Special's operations and Figure Health's functionality are scarce, with some website links and AI image detection raising concerns.
- Fox and Cavanaugh's prior roles at DOGE involved overseeing controversial grant terminations and using AI to identify potential DEI-related contracts for cuts.