From yogurt store operator to tunneling executive, longtime Musk employee Steve Davis is bringing his unusual talents to the government.

Elon Musk’s right-hand man in charge of cost-cutting is now recruiting staff at the Department of Government Efficiency, according to a report. Steve Davis has remained loyal to Musk for years, working across his companies and even sleeping overnight in the Twitter offices with his wife and newborn during Musk’s acquisition in 2022 when the billionaire demanded his staff be “extremely hardcore,

Nevertheless, the deals — and xAI’s developer and consumer-facing products — have driven xAI’s revenue to around $100 million a year. For comparison, Anthropic is reportedly on pace to generate $1 billion in revenue this year, and OpenAI is targeting $4 billion by the end of 2024.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI revealed that it raised $6 billion in its latest funding round as the startup continues to ramp up in its battle against bitter rival OpenAI. Musk took a victory lap after announcing Monday on his social media platform X that the company concluded its Series C funding round — which is usually the final stage of venture capital financing.

A lot of compute is needed,” Mr. Musk said in a post about the financing, in which BlackRock, Fidelity and Sequoia participated.