The podcast that is breaking the internet! Nikhil Kamath sits down with THE Elon Musk. If you don't have time for the full episode, I've got you covered. It's a long conversation that explores Musk's philosophies on technology, business, and humanity's future.
But first, the India moment that caught me off guard: Elon revealed that his partner Shivon is half-Indian and one of their sons has the middle name Sekhar - after the legendary astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Didn't see that coming.
Some stats about X that I've not captured below: 600 million monthly users, spiking to 800M-1B during major events; strongest among people who think and read a lot, not just dopamine-chasing video scrollers.
On Starlink, he's clearly eager to operate in India but was honest about the physics - it'll never replace urban telecom, but for rural India where connectivity is still a struggle? Game-changer potential.
The H-1B conversation was nuanced. While acknowledging some outsourcing companies "gamed the system," his stance was clear: shutting down H-1B would be "very bad" for America. "There's always a scarcity of talented people" - and India has been a massive source of that talent.
Now for the mind-bending stuff: Elon predicts working will be completely optional in 10-20 years. Not reduced hours - optional. "Universal High Income" not UBI, because AI and robotics will let you have anything you can think of.
His take on money? It might disappear entirely. Energy becomes the true currency. Countries become "anachronistic." We're headed into what he calls the singularity - and like a black hole, we simply don't know what's on the other side.
But for every young Indian entrepreneur watching, his message was clear: Make more than you take. Don't chase money - chase useful products and services. Expect to grind. Accept that failure might happen. Be a value creator.