Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday met a delegation of main Indian enterprise figures at his SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas and mentioned that India-US ties are “trending positive” in his opinion, including that he backs an enhanced commerce partnership between the 2 nations.
Elon Musk speaks as a part of a marketing campaign city corridor in assist of Donald Trump (AP/File)
The Indian entrepreneurs, together with OYO, Flipkart and Aditya Birla Group bosses, have been led by UK-headquartered coverage and occasions platform India World Discussion board (IGF) to mark its growth into the US this week.
They got a tour of SpaceX’s cutting-edge house exploration amenities and witnessed the profitable launch of Starship Flight 7, whose higher stage dramatically disintegrated over the Atlantic.
Throughout a moderated dialogue with the Indian entrepreneurs, Elon Musk emphasised the potential for deeper collaboration between the USA and India, significantly within the know-how and house exploration sectors.
Musk described India as “one of the ancient civilisations and a very great and very complex one”.
Who met Musk
The delegation of Indian entrepreneurs included 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 Administration Company Personal Restricted; Nilesh Ved, Chairman – Attire Group; and bestselling writer Amish Tripathi, amongst others.
Elon Musk, who is thought for his key roles in automotive main Tesla and social media platform X (previously Twitter), interacted with Indian enterprise chiefs from throughout numerous sectors on the position of know-how and India’s rising position within the world innovation panorama.
The assembly got here simply days earlier than the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President for a second time period on January 20. Elon Musk’s proposed position in Trump’s prime crew is claimed to be co-chair of the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE).
The assembly adopted a set of closed-door discussions on Thursday with members of the incoming Trump administration and key US stakeholders and policymakers, together with Jacob Helberg – the Designated Beneath Secretary of State for Financial Progress, Power, and the Setting within the new American administration.
The discussions, organised for IGF’s US launch, additionally addressed the American financial panorama, exploring alternatives in digital infrastructure, tech, innovation and overseas funding, whereas highlighting methods to strengthen bilateral collaboration.