Nikhil Kamath Teases Elon Musk Episode On WTF Podcast, Internet Asks: ‘Is It AI?’
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath has revealed that Elon Musk will feature on an upcoming episode of his ‘WTF’ podcast. The announcement came through a black-and-white teaser video posted on Instagram, which has sparked widespread online discussion. The brief clip captures Musk and Kamath exchanging glances before breaking into laughter while sipping coffee.
Kamath shared the teaser with a minimalist caption inviting reactions, simply writing: “Caption this”.
Internet responds with skepticism and excitement
The comments section quickly filled with reactions mixing disbelief and enthusiasm. The collaboration’s magnitude led one user to observe that “everyone’s thinking it’s AI,” while another directly questioned, “Is it AI?”.
Humorous responses dominated the conversation as well. One commenter joked, “We got Elon Musk and Nikhil’s podcast before GTA VI”. Multiple users acknowledged the podcast’s expanding influence, with one stating, “Dude your podcast is like one of the most influential globally,” and another predicting the “internet is going to break”. One particularly creative comment read, “At this pace, even God may soon get a request from Nikhil Kamat’s team,” while another declared, “2025 is officially the year of unexpected collabs”.
Understanding the WTF podcast
The ‘WTF’ podcast describes its mission as creating “a knowledge ecosystem and help entrepreneurs scale up in any industry from zero to one,” according to its official website.
Discussing his vision, Kamath stated: “I’ve always envisioned a community united in discussing complex topics through in-depth, fact-based analysis. The WTF platform aims to be an open space for sharing diverse ideas and perspectives, especially contrarian ones, to bring clarity to the topics that matter”.
Notable previous guests
The podcast has hosted an impressive roster of guests including Bill Gates, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Ranbir Kapoor, Nandan Nilekani, Kumar Birla, Aravind Srinivas, and Vinod Khosla. Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains its most prominent guest to date. In that episode, which premiered on YouTube on January 10, Kamath and the prime minister covered topics spanning Modi’s upbringing and philosophy to India’s emerging role in the international technology landscape.