Cline's South Asian-origin CEO Saoud Rizwan, in a now-deleted X post, said AI head Nik Pash "is no longer" with Cline over his 'imagine the smell' comment on a pic of xAI's hackathon, which showed Indian-origin coders. "While I don't believe his original tweet was intended to be offensive...his response refusing to apologise doesn't...reflect my position or Cline's," it read.