New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Zoho's Sridhar Vembu has denied plans to join politics in a social media post.

He wrote humourously on X (formely known as Twitter): "I heard there is a "news" item going around about me joining politics. I burst out laughing when I heard this!"

Laying out his plans for the year, Vembu added: "I have been preparing hard to present our R&D strategy on AI to an audience of industry analysts in Austin next week. Yes I will be going there. I have an extremely challenging new role in deep tech R&D right now and there is just no way, NO WAY, I have any time for politics."

"On top of that, I have had ZERO discussions with anyone, about me joining politics. I hope that clears that up. Back to work!"

This comes amid specu...