Business • Jun 28, 2025

Ex-Doge employee lands new government role

Edward Coristine, just 19 and fresh from Elon Musk's controversial "Department of Government Efficiency" (Doge), is now joining the Social Security Administration (SSA).
He'll be working on making the SSA's website better and easier to use—a big shift after leaving Doge, which faced plenty of backlash for its aggressive cost-cutting.

TL;DR

Coristine's journey: Neuralink to cybersecurity firm, then to Doge

Coristine's path has been eventful: he started at Neuralink and a cybersecurity firm (where he was let go for leaking info), then moved to Doge, where he pushed AI projects in government.
His work at Doge drew lots of attention—and some criticism—but now he's focusing on improving a key public service instead.