Meet Indian-Origin Engineer Akash Bobba, Ex-Meta Intern Who Joined Elon Musk's DOGE

Bobba’s qualifications are undoubtedly impressive, but he is relatively inexperienced in key government roles. Before joining DOGE, the 22-year-old built an exceptional resume through various internships across Silicon Valley.

He excelled at the Management Entrepreneurship Technology (MET) program at UC Berkeley. His work experience at tech giants, including Meta and Palantir, alongside the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, let him learn about artificial intelligence and data analytics as well as financial modelling techniques.

“During a project at Berkeley, I accidentally deleted our entire codebase. I panicked. Akash just stared at the screen, shrugged, and rewrote everything from scratch in one night—better than before. We submitted early and got first in the class,” a former classmate, Charis Zhang, recalled on an X post thread.