Even after Musk's exit in May, DOGE was intended to continue operations until the summer of 2026, under Trump's January executive order. But as of mid-November, it has had about a 10-month life span. Within DOGE's first 100 days, it led layoffs and buyouts that left thousands of federal workers out of their jobs.

Artificial intelligence chip design. “Most people don’t know that Tesla has had an advanced AI chip and board engineering team for many years,” tweeted Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday. “That team has already designed and deployed several million AI chips in our cars and data centers.