Shark Tank” star and entrepreneur Mark Cuban knows a thing or two about getting a new business up and running. His next venture may be hiring the workers laid off by Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

In Cuban’s vision, his reformed tech company would be profitable, a philosophy that runs afoul the federal government’s ethos to offer public goods and services. It’s a view that’s not too far from Musk’s, which aims to run the government like a business.

Mark Cuban expressed his admiration for Elon Musk's business acumen and risk-taking approach, despite their ideological differences.