After Devendra Chaplot announced that he is joining SpaceX and XAI and working closely with Elon Musk and team to create superintelligence, the story resurfaced on social media that all the tech jobs in the US are going to Indians. The announcement came with a photo of him along with Musk, which drew criticism from Musk as he had once again hired an Indian. Social media users mocked Elon Musk, saying that he talks about multiculturalism and saving mass migration and then hires an Indian two minutes later. Elon Musk has been a strong supporter of the H-1B visa program, on which Silicon Valley companies are largely dependent. Chaplot wrote in his announcement, “SpaceX and“I’m excited to pursue areas I’ve been passionate about for years, from robotics research to building AI models on the founding teams of Mistral and TML. Both were extraordinary journeys with extraordinary people that shaped the way I think about building intelligence from the ground up. I’m grateful for everything that got me here, and I can’t wait to get started,” the announcement said. Chaplot graduated from IIT-Bombay in 2014 with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Applied Statistics. He received his PhD from the Machine Learning Department of Carnegie Mellon University. He worked at Samsung Electronics in South Korea. His AI work includes positions at Facebook AI Research, Mistral AI, and Thinking Machines Labs. He won several awards for his AI research. Given his extensive work in the field of AI, many social media users defended the appointment and said Elon knows the talent. Responding to the hate post, one wrote, “For you the guy is Indian but for Elon he is a genius.” Another wrote about Chaplot, “He is from IIT Bombay, you know how to get into that college, you have cracked two of the toughest exams in the world JEE Main and JEE Advanced, every year 1.3 million students compete for these exams and IIT Bombay has only 1300 seats, they study 10 hours a day.” A third wrote, “It’s all about hiring the best people for their outstanding abilities, nothing to do with where they come from.”