• Anthony Jancso and His Ventures: He is a young entrepreneur and cofounder of AcclerateX. In 2023, AccelerateSF received support from OpenAI and Anthropic and hosted a hackathon to use AI for social good. In 2024, it became AccelerateX and pivoted to focus on using AI to improve the US government. Jancso disclosed a partnership with Palantir and his cofounder Jordan Wick is an active DOGE member.
• DOGE and Its Activities: It was created in the first days of the second Trump administration and has pushed for AI use across agencies while seeking to cut federal jobs. It has suggested using AI for tasks like writing code, rolling out chatbots, automating firing processes, and using AI tools to examine and propose regulation changes.
• Jancso's DOGE Recruiting: He was one of the earliest recruiters for DOGE before Trump's inauguration. In December 2024, he used the Palantir alumni group to recruit DOGE members and said it was a historic opportunity to build an efficient government and cut the federal budget.
• Experts' Views: A federal employee said deploying AI agents across agencies at scale would be difficult due to different procedures. Oren Etzioni said AI agents are good at some things but their outputs can be unreliable and not a 1-1 fit for job replacements.
• Palantir's Role: It is cofounded by Peter Thiel, a billionaire and Trump supporter with ties to Musk. It provides data analytics tools to government agencies and was involved in building a "mega API" and working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.