{"id":179638,"date":"2025-07-09T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/steve-davis-left-doge-in-may-but-officials-say-hes-still-running-the-show-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:28:07","slug":"steve-davis-left-doge-in-may-but-officials-say-hes-still-running-the-show-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/steve-davis-left-doge-in-may-but-officials-say-hes-still-running-the-show-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Davis left DOGE in May, but officials say he&#8217;s still running the show | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though he officially left the U.S. government in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/20\/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe\/#steve-davis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Davis<\/a> \u2014 Elon Musk\u2019s low-flying former top lieutenant at the Department of Government Efficiency \u2014 continues to wield influence at DOGE, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/doge-elon-musk-left-control-92770407?st=cLCaAW\" target=\"_blank\">according to the WSJ<\/a>. The outlet says Davis, who is a longtime Musk ally and insider, regularly gives directions to current DOGE officials and has privately dismissed his departure as \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TechCrunch reached out earlier Wednesday to The Boring Company, Musk\u2019s tunneling company where Davis has held the president role, for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This behind-the-scenes involvement suggests that Davis \u2014 who is reportedly so frugal that he has sometimes signed off on costs as low as a<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2024-12-27\/who-is-steve-davis-elon-musks-go-to-cost-cutter-is-working-for-doge\" target=\"_blank\"> few hundred dollars<\/a>, and so loyal to Musk that he reportedly slept in the offices of X with his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/musk-may-have-found-a-hardcore-leader-for-twitter\" target=\"_blank\">wife and newborn child<\/a> after Musk took over the social media platform \u2014 remains more engaged than outsiders might realize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given Musk\u2019s exit and his <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBabylonBee\/status\/1942682649501356152\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing feud<\/a> with President Trump, Davis\u2019s influence has created internal tension, adds the Journal, with staffers reportedly facing loyalty tests between Trump and Musk in closed meetings as the department battles White House efforts to shrink its power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outlet cites current and former officials who say Musk allies want to establish \u201cDOGE 2.0,\u201d focusing on government IT systems rather than job cuts, but adds there are critics who believe the team\u2019s continued involvement serves primarily to benefit Musk\u2019s business interests, including SpaceX, Tesla, and X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/09\/steve-davis-left-doge-in-may-but-officials-say-hes-still-running-the-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though he officially left the U.S. government in May, Steve Davis \u2014 Elon Musk\u2019s low-flying former top lieutenant at the Department of Government Efficiency \u2014 continues to wield influence at DOGE, according to the WSJ. The outlet says Davis, who is a longtime Musk ally and insider, regularly gives directions to current DOGE officials and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-179638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}