Who Is Akash Bobba? the 22-year-old Indian-origin Prodigy Joining Elon Musk's DOGE

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Who is Akash Bobba? The 22-year-old Indian-origin prodigy joining Elon Musk's DOGE
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"None of these hires have prior experience in public service or government administration."
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He excelled at the Management Entrepreneurship Technology (MET) program at UC Berkeley. His work experience at tech giants, including Meta and Palantir, alongside the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, let him learn about artificial intelligence and data analytics as well as financial modelling techniques.

“During a project at Berkeley, I accidentally deleted our entire codebase. I panicked. Akash just stared at the screen, shrugged, and rewrote everything from scratch in one night—better than before. We submitted early and got first in the class,” a former classmate, Charis Zhang, recalled on an X post thread.

Reports indicate that at least four of the six new hires—including Bobba—have been granted top-level security clearance. However, none of these hires have prior experience in public service or government administration.

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