David Sacks compares Elon Musk's time at DOGE to the Twitter acquisition

On the Friday episode, Sacks said that Musk is simply moving DOGE similar helium typically runs his different companies, recalling the Twitter acquisition. Sacks was invited to assistance Musk acquisition the societal media level and was a trusted confidant during the transition.

"I saw this earlier erstwhile I was portion of the Twitter modulation — is that for the archetypal 3 months oregon truthful helium was fundamentally afloat clip astatine Twitter HQ, learning the concern down to the database level. I mean, each nook and cranny of that business, helium learned about," Sacks said. "Once helium felt similar helium had a intelligence exemplary and helium had the radical successful spot that helium trusted, helium could determination to much of a attraction mode."

Musk said connected Tuesday's Tesla net telephone that he'll standard backmost his clip astatine DOGE and absorption much connected his EV company. The CEO said he'll walk a time oregon 2 a week connected his authorities enactment "as agelong arsenic it is useful."

The determination comes aft investors and Wall Street analysts pleaded for the main enforcement to re-align his priorities backmost to his company, arsenic Tesla experienced sluggish income and backlash from immoderate of its halfway lawsuit base.

Sacks said Musk's method is however helium tin simultaneously negociate aggregate companies, and the CEO tin present measurement backmost from DOGE.

Musk "has these aggravated bursts wherever helium focuses connected something, gets the close radical and operation successful place, feels similar helium understands it, and past helium tin delegate more," helium said. "And I deliberation that helium has reached that constituent with DOGE."

The task capitalist said Musk isn't wholly stepping down from his authorities relation but is alternatively rationing his clip successful the White House. Musk is constricted to 130 days per twelvemonth arsenic a designated peculiar authorities employee.

"My consciousness is that DOGE is going to continue, it's conscionable that Elon is shifting to a mode wherever helium tin negociate it 1 time a week oregon 2 days a week arsenic opposed to being determination 5 days a week," helium said.

While Sacks is not known to beryllium a subordinate of the DOGE team, the task capitalist has had a yearslong idiosyncratic and concern narration with Musk that tin beryllium traced backmost to their enforcement roles astatine PayPal. The 2 are portion of what aboriginal became known arsenic the PayPal Mafia, which besides includes Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman.