New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- A Bengaluru-based AI engineer and entrepreneur received a major social media surprise this weekend when Google CEO Sundar Pichai followed him on X (formerly Twitter).

Rohan Paul, who Amazon founder Jeff Bezos already follows, shared the news on Sunday morning with a screenshot of the notification. "Just got up on Sunday morning, and saw one of those beautiful moments on my X journey. THE Google CEO just followed me. Honoured and excited," he wrote.

The screenshot showed the message: "Sundar Pichai and 2 others followed you."

With over 5.6 million followers on X, Pichai rarely follows individuals, making the move noteworthy. Paul's post quickly went viral, drawing thousands of likes and congratulatory comments from...