Elon Musk says he got ‘too involved' in politics during DOGE stint, won't do it again

Elon Musk said he got "too involved" in politics during his tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and does not want to repeat the role. The article says his remarks had little to no immediate market impact on Dogecoin, suggesting traders have largely decoupled Musk’s political actions from DOGE price behavior. It also notes that Musk is refocusing on Tesla and SpaceX after a year of backlash from his political visibility. Separately, the piece highlights Etched’s AI inference hardware push and its challenge to Nvidia, including major funding and customer-contract milestones, which may matter more for AI hardware investors than Musk’s comments. Overall, the Dogecoin portion is a market non-event, while the Etched/Nvidia angle points to longer-term competitive shifts in AI compute.