New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- A Delhi-based chief executive officer (CEO) of an AI-powered matchmaking app grabbed eyeballs after a social media post in which he claimed that his US visa was rejected due to "weak ties to India". Jasveer Singh, the CEO of Knot Dating app, described the denial as illogical and ironic. Singh asserted that he has been an entrepreneur in India for 13 years and questioned why authorities would doubt his intention to return to the country.

Social media users have speculated that a 2016 post by Singh, in which he took a witty jab at President Donald Trump, may have influenced the visa decision. "Congratulations USA! You managed to show that Indians are not only dumbest people in the world," the CEO had written in the po...