Billionaire investor Mark Cuban offered support to newly laid-off federal workers on Bluesky, suggesting they start a consulting company after their unit, 18F, at the GSA was gutted. The layoffs were tied to a Trump administration directive to shrink the federal workforce. Cuban’s proposal raises the possibility of former government employees reshaping civic tech. Musk’s DOGE effort to dismantle agencies has faced backlash, with mentioned fallout. The idea of displaced workers creating startups to sell expertise back to the government could be a game-changer, with one user suggesting renaming the company 18FU. The potential impact on public workforce reduction is profound.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/01/mark-cuban-offers-to-fund-government-tech-unit-that-was-cut-in-the-middle-of-the-night/