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A Meta Halloween: Costumes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and another techie dressed as him goes viral

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Aravind Srinivas , the Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI , dressed up as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for Halloween. Srinivas sported Zuckerberg's signature casual look – a black t-shirt, jeans, dark sunglasses, and a silver chain – at a Halloween party. He shared a photo of his costume on X (formerly Twitter), drawing attention for its uncanny resemblance to the Meta CEO's everyday attire. Meanwhile, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined in the Halloween festivities with a costume that drew comparisons to both John Wick and Severus Snape . While Zuckerberg intended to portray the iconic action hero, many online observers felt his look leaned more towards the brooding potions master from Harry Potter .

Take a look at the posts here





Srinivas, the San Francisco-based, IIT-educated CEO of Perplexity AI, has also committed to dressing up as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for Halloween next year. In the X post, he wrote: “Halloween costume. Next year I will do @sama. Congrats on the launch!”

Meanwhile, the Facebook CEO described his costume and wrote: “When your house full of girls decides to be ballerinas, be John Wick.”The post features photos of Zuckerberg dressed as the iconic action hero John Wick, complete with a Keanu Reeves-inspired wig and a sleek black suit.


How users reacted to the posts


Both posts have gone viral with the one on Instagram receiving more than 2.9 lakh likes while the X post garnered 2.3 lakh views.

“Bro rocking it harder than Zuck himself,” wrote one user in the comments section of the X post.

While another user said: “Why is this guy posting Zuck’s photo?” and a third added, “Looks like Zuck to me”.

“If John Wick and Professor Snape had a child,” one user wrote in the comment section of the Instagram post.

“Looks cool though. At least, not AI this time 😁😁.” another Instagram user added.
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