Elon Musk hosted a delegation of prominent Indian business leaders at SpaceX‘s Starbase in Texas, marking a unique opportunity for collaboration in technology and space exploration. The visit included a tour of the facility and a viewing of Starship Flight 7’s successful launch and booster recovery. The delegation, organized by the India Global Forum (IGF), included figures such as Prashant Ruia (Director, Essar Capital), Jay Kotak (Co-Head, Kotak811), Ritesh Agarwal (Founder & Group CEO, OYO), Kalyan Raman (CEO, Flipkart), Aryaman Birla (Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation), Nilesh Ved (Chairman, Apparel Group), and author Amish Tripathi.
Oyo CEO Ritesh Agarwal shared nuggets and highlights of the meeting
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Oyo Group CEO Ritesh Agarwal shared key highlights of the meeting. He wrote: “Had the opportunity to be among the Indian founders hosted by @Elonmusk led by @IGFupdates. Elon is by far doing the most to evolve human kind or as Peter Thiel says has us closest to getting flying cars. Some comments from Elon –
A. India evokes the emotion of Ancient and ‘Great’ Civilization
B. Opportunity of USA and India: Trending positive, but excited for so much more
C. Still feels we are living in a simulation because cannot believe what has happened in last few months
D. Pursuit of interplanetary living super critical to him
… I can go on but I will also share Some other interesting thoughts I took away –
A. Only the second time ever that the chopsticks caught the booster catch, BTW, they gifted SpaceX chopsticks at the end.
B. He is fascinated about Kumbh mela
C. We were served a veg only dinner, one of the most incredible veg spread at SpaceX. As a vegetarian, loved up.
D. How the ability to work with the government can justice to prevail is very close to his heart
Elon Musk gets Kumbh Mela invitation
Author Amish Tripathi described the discussions as covering topics from spirituality and consciousness to interplanetary travel and monetary policy, and even extended an invitation to the Maha Kumbh Mela. The IGF also highlighted the significance of the discussions, emphasizing the importance of open dialogue and the delegation’s role in shaping the future.
“An invigorating hour spent with none other than Elon Musk… We discussed a range of topics from spirituality, consciousness, interplanetary travel, monetary policy, engineering amongst others. And an invitation to the Maha Kumbh Mela! Hope he can make it!!” wrote Tripathi.
