The suspicion makes sense. If pledging $100M in labor to a government that can direct that effort to whatever causes it sees fit doesn't make you an arm of that government, what more would it take?
When I got on the phone with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Wednesday, one of the first things I asked was, "Have you been DOGE-ed?" The White House Office has made an ambitious effort to slash federal spending. The US government buys a lot of software, and since this efficiency drive kicked off in January, Wall Street has worried about which tech companies might lose valuable contracts.
