It might not be a battle to the demise for 2 of the universe’s most high-profile tech billionaires, however Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to a cage match.
“I’m up for a cage match if he’s,” the 51-year-old Twitter CEO posted in a Twitter thread Tuesday after placing again at a person’s publish referencing Zuckerberg’s jiu jitsu expertise.
“Ship me location,” Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Fb and Instagram mother or father firm Meta, responded in an Instagram story Wednesday which included a screenshot of Musk difficult him.
“Vegas Octagon” Musk responded, including: “I’ve this nice transfer that I name ‘The Walrus’ the place I simply lie on prime of my opponent & do nothing.”
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‘Watch out’
The change between the well-known techies got here on the heels of Musk tweeting, “I’m certain Earth can’t wait to be solely below Zuck’s thumb with no different choices.”
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Zuckerberg, 38, not too long ago competed in his first jiu-jitsu match and received gold and silver medals, he introduced final month on Instagram.
One other Twitter person then cautioned Musk to “Watch out… I heard Zuckerberg does jiu jitsu now,” spurring the Twitter CEO’s cage match comment.
One other new Twitter competitor?
Earlier this month, the Verge reported Meta is engaged on a Twitter competitor doubtlessly known as Threads, and speaking to celebrities together with Oprah about being early customers.
Chris Cox, Meta’s chief product officer, mentioned it’s the firm’s “response to Twitter,” the outlet reported.
“We’ve been listening to from creators and public figures who’re taken with having a platform that’s sanely run, that they imagine that they’ll belief and depend on for distribution,” Cox mentioned, in keeping with The Verge.
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