Christopher Sweet
Exited govt: 12/XX/25 (reported)
Joining DOGE sometime in early April, Christopher Sweet has been based in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he building a custom generative AI model to analyze the agency’s regulations and make recommendations of specific parts to cut. More recently, his work has been moved to OMB, where his tool is being used to trim regulations at multiple agencies. Christopher Sweet is young and inexperienced like many of the DOGE wreckers, and is currently on a break as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.
Positions
Appointed:
c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 Special Assistant
Offboarding:
Left govt 12/XX/25 (reported)
Appointed:
c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 Special Assistant
Offboarding:
Left govt 12/XX/25 (reported)
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Christopher Sweet LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
Events
c.4/10/25
Appointed:
Christopher Sweet starts as Special Assistant at HUD.
Appointed:
Christopher Sweet starts as Special Assistant at HUD.
| Appointed: | Christopher Sweet c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Special Assistant |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Christopher Sweet LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
Onboarding:
Scott Langmack sends a message to HUD staff announcing that “I’d like to share with you that Chris Sweet has joined the HUD DOGE team with the title of special assistant, although a better title might be ‘AI computer programming quant analyst.’”
Onboarding:
Scott Langmack sends a message to HUD staff announcing that “I’d like to share with you that Chris Sweet has joined the HUD DOGE team with the title of special assistant, although a better title might be ‘AI computer programming quant analyst.’”
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Scott Langmack |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
c.4/15/25
System Access:
Christopher Sweet is reported to be using an AI model to analyze HUD regulations and suggest revisions. These are presented to HUD staff for review in a large spreadsheet. It is not clear how the AI system is making these determinations.
System Access:
Christopher Sweet is reported to be using an AI model to analyze HUD regulations and suggest revisions. These are presented to HUD staff for review in a large spreadsheet. It is not clear how the AI system is making these determinations.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
c.4/20/25
Interagency Coordination:
In a meeting between HUD and DOGE, Jacob Altik says they are planning to use Christopher Sweet’s AI model analyzing regulations at HUD to review the entire Code of Federal regulations for regulations to review.
Interagency Coordination:
In a meeting between HUD and DOGE, Jacob Altik says they are planning to use Christopher Sweet’s AI model analyzing regulations at HUD to review the entire Code of Federal regulations for regulations to review.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Jacob Altik |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
4/XX/25
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| System Access: | SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder |
| : | admin, 4/XX/25 Christopher Sweet |
| Note: | A custom tool developed by college student Christopher Sweet that uses AI models to analyze regulations at HUD to determine which can be eliminated or reframed. DOGE is planning to use this tool at other agencies as part of a drive to eliminate 50% of all regulations across the federal government. |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
c.7/01/25
Action:
Christopher Sweet participates in a meeting at HUD to discuss more permanent hosting options for the AI deregulation tool which had been running internally. This could be the precursor to providing it as a service to other agencies.
Action:
Christopher Sweet participates in a meeting at HUD to discuss more permanent hosting options for the AI deregulation tool which had been running internally. This could be the precursor to providing it as a service to other agencies.
| Question: | Fuzz: Meeting reported as in week of 2025-06-30 |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
7/01/25
Action:
DOGE gives a presentation of a “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool” that will use AI to target roughly 50% of federal regulations for elimination, on the argument that they aren’t meeting statutory requirements. The goal is to slash these regulations by January 20, 2026. In their presentation, DOGE claims the tool has already made determinations on 1083 decisions at HUD (using Christopher Sweet’s work) and has also been used for 100% of deregulatory actions at the CFPB. It also states that DOGE lawyers James Burnham, Austin Raynor, Jacob Altik and Ashley Boizelle have vetted and endorsed the tool.
Action:
DOGE gives a presentation of a “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool” that will use AI to target roughly 50% of federal regulations for elimination, on the argument that they aren’t meeting statutory requirements. The goal is to slash these regulations by January 20, 2026. In their presentation, DOGE claims the tool has already made determinations on 1083 decisions at HUD (using Christopher Sweet’s work) and has also been used for 100% of deregulatory actions at the CFPB. It also states that DOGE lawyers James Burnham, Austin Raynor, Jacob Altik and Ashley Boizelle have vetted and endorsed the tool.
| Person: | Ashley Boizelle, Austin Raynor, Christopher Sweet, Jacob Altik, James Burnham |
| Source: | DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations The Washington Post, 7/26/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, DOGE, HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
c.8/03/25
Interagency Coordination:
SEC leadership meets with DOGE representatives Jonathan Mendelson and Christopher Sweet to discuss using Sweet’s AI tool to identify regulations to cut or modify at the agency. It’s unclear if Sweet is detailed to the agency or just demonstrating the tool to SEC staff. Reportedly, agency staff then used the tool to identify thousands of regulations to cut. The list will then be reviewed by agency leadership and lawyers.
Interagency Coordination:
SEC leadership meets with DOGE representatives Jonathan Mendelson and Christopher Sweet to discuss using Sweet’s AI tool to identify regulations to cut or modify at the agency. It’s unclear if Sweet is detailed to the agency or just demonstrating the tool to SEC staff. Reportedly, agency staff then used the tool to identify thousands of regulations to cut. The list will then be reviewed by agency leadership and lawyers.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date given is “a short time after” the AI task force is created |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Jonathan Mendelson |
| Source: | DOGE Is Using AI to Target SEC Regulations for Cutting The Information, 9/01/25 |
| Agency: | HUD, SEC |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
8/13/25
Interagency Coordination:
In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.
Interagency Coordination:
In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Scott Langmack, Steve Davis |
| Source: | A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Wired Magazine, 8/14/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, EOP, EPA, FDIC, HUD, State |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
12/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Christopher Sweet c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Special Assistant |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Christopher Sweet LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |