Edward Coristine — maybe higher recognized by his self-appointed on-line nickname “Big Balls” — has resigned from the U.S. authorities.
A White Home official confirmed to WIRED that the 19-year-old stepped down Monday from his position within the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity.
The unofficial company as soon as led by tech billionaire Elon Musk was tasked with slashing federal spending and chopping jobs.
Musk, the world’s richest individual, stop final month after which spent days slamming President Donald Trump over his proposed spending invoice.
Coristine’s appointment to DOGE earlier this yr ― alongside a number of different Gen Zers ― had raised eyebrows on the time over his age and lack of expertise, his entry to delicate authorities methods and his moniker.
Earlier than becoming a member of DOGE, he’d interned at Musk’s brain-computer interface startup Neuralink.
Coristine used the “Large Balls” identify on social platforms.
In a Fox News interview final month, he defined: “Folks on LinkedIn take themselves like tremendous critically and they’re fairly averse to danger, and I used to be like, nicely, I wish to be neither of these issues, so I simply set it, and truthfully, I didn’t even assume anybody would discover.”
Watch that interview right here:
Coristine has not commented publicly on his departure.
