New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Amid the ongoing crackdown on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI, Aravind Srinivas, has thrown a curious challenge to tech billionaire to stop him from raising funds from the federal agency. Elon Musk recently described USAID as a "criminal organisation" as Trump attempts to shut it down.

"Considering raising $500B from USAID. Funding secured. Stop me if you can @elonmusk What is USAID? [sic]" wrote Srinivas in a post on X.Srinivas often engages in banter with Musk on Twitter and the latest post has evoked much buzz amid the DOGE crackdown on USAID.

Arvind Srinivas's post on X sparked massive buzz around his st...