Former DOGE duo launches AI company as a ‘DOGE for the private sector’

The pair behind the venture, Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox, are named defendants in a lawsuit over the mass cancellation of humanities grants that the government recently lost.

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Cavanaugh and Fox (ex-DOGE) launched Special, an a16z-backed AI company automating healthcare via vertical integration. It signals how government-efficiency playbooks are scaling to enterprise automation—reshaping tech leader priorities on AI-ops and cost optimization.

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Natalie Alms,Senior Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW

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Former DOGE duo launches AI company as a ‘DOGE for the private sector’

Former DOGE duo launches AI company as a ‘DOGE for the private sector’

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