- Elon Musk allegedly did not respond to a follow-up to talks with Vladimir Putin about clubhouse.
- Musk tweeted in the Kremlin last month, inviting Putin to join the popular audio program.
- A Kremlin spokesman said Musk was not responding, calling the situation a “misunderstanding”.
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Elon Musk seems to be thinking about his offer to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the clubhouse.
Last month, Musk tweeted on the Kremlin’s Twitter account asking if Putin would join him for a conversation about the popular audio program. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at the time that “this is undoubtedly a very interesting offer, but we need to know what he means, what he is proposing.”
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 13 February 2021
But it appears Musk has never responded to follow-up questions about the proposed conversation, Bloomberg’s Ilya Arkhipov and Andrey Biryukov reported Tuesday.
“There was apparently some kind of misunderstanding. This case was probably exhausted,” Peskov told reporters, according to Bloomberg.
Clubhouse is a social media app launched just last year. The app relies on audio-based social networks where users can join dedicated rooms to discuss topics such as business or sports. In recent weeks, Clubhouse has hosted high-profile users, including Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey.
Clubhouse included $ 110 million in investors, including Andreeseen Horowitz, and is now valued at about $ 1 billion.
Musk was active at Clubhouse and interviewed Robin Ten CEO Vlad Tenev in a bizarre and extensive conversation following the GameStop stock saga last month. Thousands of people agreed to watch the discussion, hosted by a clubhouse talk show called ‘The Good Time Show’, which was formatted similar to a live podcast.
Musk also said last month that he and longtime friend Kanye West would attend an interview at Clubhouse. A host of ‘The Good Time Show’ later tweeted that the program was planning an upcoming interview with Musk and West.