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America's Startup
America's Startup is an organization focused on enhancing public services through technology, leveraging the expertise of technologists to improve government service delivery.
Overview
What America's Startup does
What America's Startup is
America's Startup is an organization focused on enhancing public services through technology, leveraging the expertise of technologists to improve government service delivery.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2014
- Approximate age
- About 12 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 5, 2026
Official channels
Find America's Startup elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
America's Startup as a community
Community overview
America's Startup, originally established as the United States Digital Service (USDS) on August 11, 2014, is dedicated to improving government services using digital solutions. The organization was restructured and renamed to the United States DOGE Service on January 20, 2025. It was created to address the need for a specialized group of technologists, civil servants, and policy experts to tackle critical challenges in government technology.
Community focus
America's Startup focuses on the intersection of technology and government services, aiming to enhance public service delivery. The organization engages with various presidential administrations and has successfully brought over 700 technologists into government roles, addressing complex challenges in government technology and improving the design and delivery of digital products.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Operators · Researchers
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Kathy Pham - Curator, Emily Tavoulareas - Curator.
Common questions
What to know about America's Startup
Upseed classifies America's Startup under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 5, 2026
Known limits
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