India, Jan. 30 -- The onlinr war of words between Indian-American billionaire investor Vinod Khosla and tech billionaire Elon Musk is only escalaing. In the most social media exchange, the venture capitalist hit out at Musk for what he called "seemingly racist" remarks.

The dispute began with a message shared by the Tesla CEO in 2025, in which he said that "white people are a rapidly diminishing minority of the global population." In response to that remark, Khosla accused Musk of promoting racism and backing WAGA ("White America Great Again"). Musk replied by calling Khosla a "pompous a***ole" and a "retard."

Responding to Musk's reaction over his earlier post, the Indian-American billionaire asked the SpaceX founder to "not tweet 'see...