ark Zuckerberg has mentioned he’s transferring on from a rumoured cage battle with Elon Musk, claiming the Tesla boss “isn’t critical”.
The rival billionaire tech bosses seemingly agreed to a brawl in June when Mr Musk tweeted that he was “up for a cage battle”.
Mr Zuckerberg, who manages Fb and Instagram, took a screenshot of Mr Musk’s tweet, replying “ship me location”.
Nevertheless, on Sunday he mentioned on social media platform Threads:”I feel we will all agree Elon isn’t critical and it’s time to maneuver on.
“I supplied an actual date. Dana White (UFC boss) supplied to make this a legit competitors for charity.
“Elon gained’t verify a date, then says he wants surgical procedure, and now asks to do a follow spherical in my yard as a substitute.
“If Elon ever will get critical about an actual date and official occasion, he is aware of how one can attain me. In any other case, time to maneuver on. I’m going to deal with competing with individuals who take the game significantly.”
Mr Musk, proprietor of social media platform X, previously named Twitter, appeared to recommend the battle could be held in an “epic location” in Italy.
He outlined streaming choices and an historic setting for the proposed occasion, claiming he had spoken to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Tensions have been excessive between the 2 tech billionaires’ corporations after the launch of Threads, a text-based dialog app, by Mr Zuckerberg’s Meta in July.
Twitter despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Mr Zuckerberg after the launch, claiming Meta had made “illegal misappropriation of Twitter’s commerce secrets and techniques and different mental property”.
Mr Zuckerberg is educated in blended martial arts, posting about finishing his first jiu jitsu match earlier this yr.
Mr Musk mentioned final week he was coaching for the battle by lifting weights.
He wrote on X: “Don’t have time to work out, so I simply convey them to work.”
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