{"id":78797,"date":"2025-05-31T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/elon-dips-from-doge-and-silicon-valley-enters-the-find-out-stage\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T14:44:09","slug":"elon-dips-from-doge-and-silicon-valley-enters-the-find-out-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/elon-dips-from-doge-and-silicon-valley-enters-the-find-out-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon dips from DOGE, and Silicon Valley enters the ‘find out’ stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk has officially announced he\u2019s stepping down (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/29\/elon-musks-stint-in-the-us-government-is-coming-to-an-end\/<\/a>) as a U.S. special government employee and the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE.\u00a0The move follows Musk\u2019s cooling relationship with the Trump administration and slumping Tesla sales (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/05\/elon-musk-took-a-chainsaw-to-the-us-government-tesla-is-taking-the-hit\/<\/a>) tied to his political advocacy.<\/p>\n

Today on Equity (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) , Kirsten, Max and Anthony unpack who else is departing DOGE, and why Silicon Valley\u2019s relationship with politics is entering, as Kirsten put it, the \u201cfind out\u201d stage.<\/p>\n

Listen to the full episode for more of the week\u2019s tech headlines including:<\/p>\n

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GameStop bought $500 million of bitcoin (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/28\/gamestop-bought-500-million-of-bitcoin\/<\/a>) , and the move is giving us 2021 d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/p>\n

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Neuralink\u2019s $600 million raise (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/28\/elon-musks-neuralink-raises-600m-at-9b-valuation\/?utm_campaign=tc_daily_am&utm_medium=newsletter&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Pc4pjqIHNVMhkhaZ18D9Ggbm4SOgwlZmqx-U4BXzS82bRtDyTx2HcQ4JWPtEZCqfNnk4fYah4qD-y-MIaRWvgOw3gbFQcCeVrNT53JucZcr9gWXI&_hsmi=363653382&utm_source=tc)<\/a> , valuing Elon Musk\u2019s brain-computer interface startup at $9 billion<\/p>\n

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The New York Times and Amazon\u2019s landmark AI licensing deal (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/29\/the-new-york-times-and-amazon-ink-ai-licensing-deal\/<\/a>) and what it signals for how editorial content powers generative AI<\/p>\n

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Nvidia\u2019s tale of two earnings (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/28\/nvidia-expects-to-lose-billions-in-revenue-due-to-h20-chip-licensing-requirements\/<\/a>) , and why the forecast is not as bleak as CEO Jensen Huang makes it seem<\/p>\n

Equity will be back next week, so don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n

Equity is TechCrunch\u2019s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We\u2019d also like to thank TechCrunch\u2019s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we’ll talk to you next time.<\/p>\n

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