Elon Musk to Indian American billionaire Vinod Khosla: ‘you’ve also gone full retard. My partner Shivon is …’
Indian-American billionaire and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has got into a heated exchange with Tesla CEO Elon Musk after accusing him of framing racism as a ‘grate and desirable paradigm’. The remarks made by Khosla came in response to a September post from Musk, where he claimed that ‘white people are a rapidly diminishing minority of global population’.Khosla escalated the confrontation and urged the employees at Elon Musk’s companies — Tesla, SpaceX and X to quit and join his own portfolio of startups, which includes OpenAI and Replit. Tagging Musk in a post Khosla wrote, “Elon Musk doesn’t want MAGA, he wants WAGA of ‘white America great again’ as a racism is great and desirable’ paradigm. All non-whites in @Tesla, @SpaceX and @X etc and all decent whites should quit and join our portfolio. Email us your LinkedIn!”
Elon Musk fires back at Vinod Khosla with insults
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded with a barrage of insults and also called Kholsa a ‘pompous a***ho**’ and retard. He also referenced Khosla’s long-running legal battle to block public access to Martins Beach, a stretch of coastline adjacent to Khosla’s $37 million estate in San Mateo County.“Vinod, you’re not just such a pompous a**ho** that you tried to stop the public from using a public beach near your house, you’ve also gone full retard.My partner, Shivon, is half Indian and my eldest son with her is named in honor of the great Indian physicist Chandrasekhar,” wrote Musk.
Elon Musk and Vinod Khosla share a history of clashes
This is not the first time that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla had public clash. In 2024, Elon Musk urged Khosla to endorse Donald Trump’s Trump-Vance ticket, which Khosla declined. On the other hand, Khosla previously dismissed Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI as “a bit of sour grapes.”Their latest clash underscores the growing tension between Musk and prominent figures in Silicon Valley who have criticized his views on race, politics, and AI.
