People have been ridiculing Tesla's new Cybertruck for its unusual design - but some big names in Silicon Valley say they love the pickup

• Tesla's new Cybertruck drew criticism following its unveiling last Thursday, but several prominent figures in the technology industry have come forward in praise of the company's first pickup truck.
• Executives from Twitter and Facebook, as well as a longtime former Microsoft executive, all had positive things to say about the Cybertruck.
• Musk also said on Sunday that Tesla has received 200,000 pre-orders for the Cybertruck so far, which cost $100 to reserve.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Cybertruck unveil drew a strong reaction last Thursday for several reasons. There's the wild theatrics Musk employed to introduce the vehicle - which included a "cybergirl" and flames - as well as a demo that took an unexpected turn when the truck's windows cracked.

But it's the Cybertruck's unconventional appearance that earned it the most attention in the days following Musk's announcement. Some spectators roasted the Cybertruck's design on Twitter, comparing the truck's sharp angles and offbeat look to poorly rendered video game graphics and cartoons.

Although the Cybertruck has been at the center of many jokes in recent days, not everyone had negative things to say about it. Several prominent figures in the technology industry, including executives from Twitter and Facebook,  have come forward with compliments about Tesla's first pickup truck.