Elon Musk: “There are far too many software licenses and media…”

“So most of what Doge is finding, you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes. It's very obvious. Basic stuff. So in every government department, I say every, because we've not yet found a single exception. There are far too many software licenses and media subscriptions [in every government department] than there are humans in the department. Like you were saying, like an agency with 15,000 people might have 30,000 licenses. Yes. And even of the 15,000 employees, a good chunk of them hadn't used the license, had never logged on or used the application.” (02:25–02:36)

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