Pune Techie, Big Elon Musk Cheerleader, Finally Agreed To Meet Him

Pranay Pathole meets his idol Elon Musk

New Delhi:

Pune-based Indian software developer, Pranay Pathole, a fan and champion of Elon Musk, made his dream of meeting a tech entrepreneur a reality.

The 23-year-old machine learning engineer, who loves to “get information about space and rockets on Twitter,” met his idol in the United States.

Great to meet @elonmusk at Gigafactory Texas. You have never seen such a humble and simple person. You are an inspiration to millions,” Mr Pathole posted on Twitter along with a picture of the meeting.

Mr. Pathole, who works at Tata Consultancy Services, regularly corresponds with the billionaire tech mogul via direct messaging on the microblogging website on a range of issues – from technical stuff, to the need for multi-planetary life and to men on Mars. by sending.

The young engineer had his first virtual conversation four years ago with Mr Musk, now the world’s richest man, while defending him from social media users who were upset by his criticism of the cryptocurrency bitcoin.