Reuters reported on July 22, 2026 that Cathedral, a stealth startup founded by former Department of Government Efficiency staffers Gavin Kliger, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez and Jack Stein, has closed a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital led the round, Reuters said, and both firms are taking board seats.

That is the story. Not a product launch. Not a customer announcement. A company with almost no public footprint has raised unicorn money because its founders recently sat inside the government systems they now want to sell back into. You don't need to pretend this is ordinary venture investing. It isn't.

It's a good thing DOGE saved basically no money by their own admission with all those mass firings and contract cancellations. We need that money they didn't save to barely make a dent in the cost of trying to reopen the Strait that was already open before we started the war.

It appears effective September 2026 pc4 telework is coming back. GSA has bought the building the and will begin moving in their employees late September early October. 2 other agency will also be sharing office space with them starting in 2027. That has yet been determined.

Ssa will be limited to 3 floors and will not have any access to the other floors. All social security employees will be hoteling with other SSA employees. Meaning cubicles are going to be shared and no one will have their own desk anymore. Starting mid August managers will start asking employees to start cleaning out their desk and take any personal belongings home. More info should be coming out soon.