Contracting Firms

topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes

American Optimist All-In

2 statements about Contracting Firms, every show

Gebbia: Time-and-materials government contracting creates incentives to never finish
“The business model of some of these contracting firms is time and materials. Which means that your business model is to never finish.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 23:23 The Secret Team Fixing America's Broken Systems · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Levie: Government contractors charge 2.5x the cost of direct employees
“By Congress, they have to hire contractors to do work and the contractors, the contracting firms charge them two and a half times the sort of cost of an individual employee that they could otherwise hire.”
Aaron Levie Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 28:57 DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback

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