India, Feb. 18 -- An Indian-origin tech founder based in San Francisco sparked a discussion online after claiming he was mistaken for a food delivery worker despite wearing a classic startup attire.

Mehul Agarwal, founder of startup Koyal, shared the incident on X, writing, "Indian uncle standing on apartment porch seeing me in my YC jacket with CMU backpack & Meta Raybans: Are you from DoorDash? SF is cooked."

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The post quickly drew attention, with several users criticising Agarwal and accusing him of sounding elitist.

"Your post implies the whole world should know you are some sort of big shot... It is normal f...