DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets

Polymarket’s every move is under close scrutiny these days as the prediction market giant fights dozens of legal battles about how it can operate. But one hiring decision has remained under the radar: Late last year, Polymarket brought on former Department of Government Efficiency affiliate Jonathan Mendelson as a senior strategic executive. Before his stint at Elon Musk’s DOGE, Mendelson worked as an investor for the venture capital firm Accel, which invests in technology companies, in San Francisco. At DOGE, Mendelson was technically employed by the General Services Administration but worked...