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Joe Gebbia speaks during an America.gov launch event in September. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

A new museum devoted to design legends Charles and Ray Eames in the Bay Area of Northern California received more than $25 million in initial funding from Joe Gebbia, an Airbnb cofounder who is currently a Tesla board member and previously worked with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a report by SFGATE .

“Gebbia is an unexpected benefactor behind the museum in Marin County,” the publication wrote, after citing the $25-million figure from the North Bay Business Journal . “After co-founding Airbnb in San Francisco in 2007, which helped him to eventually earn over $9 billion, Gebbia turned to politics and joined DOGE last year. President Donald Trump later tapped Gebbia to become the chief design officer of the United States and redesign government websites.…