Almost two weeks after the New York Times reported That co-founder of Airbnb Joe Gebbia had joined the “Department of Government Efficiency” of Elon Musk, clarified his role on Thursday, clarified, clarified his role on Thursday, Announcement on X That he will use his design expertise as a starting point as part of an attempt to revise the notorious slow, papier-heavy pension process of the government.
The system could apparently use the help. Chuck Ezell, acting director of OPM, said in one Video -witness Today released – and re -published by Gebbia – that the administration a week ago ‘challenged’ to ‘a retired, end -To -End, digital, process without printing on paper’. The deadline? Only a week.
In the same video, an employee of the Bureau de Cameraman tells that they have already obtained the process for up to two days.
Whether that process is scalable or durable or even repeatable, can still be seen, but OPM has been under pressure to modernize its systems for years. Last summer the desk launched one pilot program for a new online pension platform platform in response to continuous concerns about delayed income processing; The issue had drawn attention in 2023, when several legislators have one press releaseThe insistence of the OPM to tackle the slow processing of pensioners, some of whom waited more than 90 days to receive their benefits.
Gebbia-a billionaire many times more than Airbnb Holdings is still members of the board of the short-term rental giant. Since September 2022 he has also been a board member at Tesla.
In his X message about his next steps, BBIA wrote: “Since I had left my operational role at Airbnb in 2022, I am looking for the next digital design challenge. And I can think of little more important than volunteering to improve the user experience within our government. “
In addition to co-founder of Airbnb, BBIA is the co-founder of Samara, a spin-out of Airbnb who builds prefabricated houses that can adjust customers, choose layouts, colors, windows, doors and decks, where Samara says it is the rest, including obtaining the accompanying permissions.
Last week Samara announced that it would donate $ 15 million to the houses to support Los Angelenos who lost their homes in the fires of January that caused an estimated $ 30 billion In lost real estate.
Because the involvement of Gebbia at Doge was revealed, some Airbnb gasters expressed defeat On the platform, with some who tell the San Francisco standards they have pulled their entries. “I am in the DC area and seeing the impact that Doge has had on our community and economy, I just have the feeling that I cannot be Airbnb -Gastheer in good faith,” said an old Airbnb guest for De Standaard.
In a statement to the outlet, Airbnb underlined that BBIA has not been involved in its daily activities since 2022, with a spokesperson adding: “Airbnb was always more about more than the position of a person. Our community consists of millions of hosts and hundreds of millions of guests from all layers of the population. “