New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s biggest fan is now an internet celebrity with ties to India.
An account called XFreeze first caught Musk’s attention by consistently praising him and his companies, such as Tesla and SpaceX, and defending him online. The Washington Post published an exclusive report on him, spotlighting the superfan’s unavoidable online presence.
Musk, who has nearly 240 million followers on X, engaged with XFreeze in July 2025. Since then, he has replied to or reposted the account more than 400 times this year alone. Many of those posts promoted Musk’s achievements, while others targeted his critics, mainly OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
In fact, XFreeze has become the profile Musk interacted with the most on X in 2026.
On Mother’s Day, the Tesla CEO reposted an XFreeze post, which got 2.6 million views, featuring a video of Musk’s mother, Maye Musk.
The account has repeatedly posted criticism of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other company leaders. Some of these posts were later reshared by Musk himself during the federal court trial over his lawsuit against OpenAI.
On 27 April, the day the trial began, Musk reposted four XFreeze posts related to the case. One of them, which Musk pinned to his own profile, accused Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of having “stolen a charity”, a phrase Musk has frequently used while criticising the company. A day later, the judge overseeing the case warned both Musk and Altman against posting publicly about the trial. While both have reduced direct comments, XFreeze has continued posting criticism of OpenAI and its executives.
More than an influencer
Today, many companies simply hire influencers to promote products online through sponsored posts. In fact, online trolling is also paid nowadays. But XFreeze is different.
The anonymous X account built its influence almost entirely through its relationship with Elon Musk. Every time Musk reposts or replies to the account, its visibility and potentially its earnings grow significantly.
The X platform allows popular accounts in countries including India and the US to earn a share of advertising revenue generated through engagement on their posts. That means Musk’s repeated interactions with XFreeze may indirectly help the account make money. Ironically, Musk himself has long criticised traditional advertising and once described corporate communications as “propaganda.”
Apart from the India ties, the account might have a link to someone who applied for a role at xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company behind the chatbot Grok.
This narrative picked up as The Washington Post came across a 78-page document created in April 2025 titled “I am XFreeze.” It read like a job application, listing suggested bug fixes and improvements for Grok that the author claimed to have shared with xAI employees.
“While I’m not located near an xAI office at the moment, I’m fully open to relocating,” the document said. “No delay in joining — I’m ready to start working immediately.”
Musk has also directly supported the account financially. He is reportedly one of 157 subscribers paying five dollars a month for access to XFreeze’s exclusive content.
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From zero to millions
Over the following months, XFreeze turned into one of Musk’s most loyal online supporters. The account regularly praised Musk, echoed his opinions and posted constant updates promoting his companies.
“GROK is amazing and it keeps getting better,” the account wrote in one post.
In another, after Tesla unveiled its autonomous Cybercab and robotic bus, XFreeze declared: “We’re closer to the future than we thought.”
By 2025, the account’s focus had shifted beyond fandom. XFreeze began actively trying to improve Grok. According to the “I am XFreeze” document, the person behind the account spent months identifying bugs, suggesting fixes, and attempting to gain the attention of xAI employees.
“Over the past four months, I’ve dedicated nearly every waking hour to supporting, improving and amplifying Grok and the xAI mission,” the document stated.
The author described working through the night, sometimes until 9 am, discussing technical issues with members of the Grok team. Inspired by Musk’s famously “hardcore” work culture, the document claimed the person had spent weeks working “day and night” on xAI-related problems.
The author claimed to have identified glitches in real time, including several they believed had gone unnoticed by the company itself.
The document repeatedly referenced problems faced by users in India. In one instance, the author described difficulties purchasing Grok credits using Indian bank cards, claiming transactions were blocked.
Although the XFreeze account lists its location as the US, X has added a label indicating that a virtual private network (VPN) may have been used to alter the displayed region.
By March last year, the effort appeared to be getting noticed. An xAI employee publicly thanked XFreeze for helping report bugs and technical problems.
The “I am XFreeze” document was created a month after this interaction.
In late 2024, XFreeze posted a simple question on X: “How do I reach 100 followers on X?” The post received no likes, reposts or replies. Today, his every post collects millions of views. This rise is built largely on being one of Elon Musk’s most devoted online supporters.