Hearing his French accent, I realized he was the same Ben—Ben San Souci—who had asked Musk about content moderation at the coffee-bar visit. An engineer by demeanor, he wasn’t a natural networker, but he was suddenly being swept into the inner circle. It was a testament to the value of serendipity—and of showing up in person.
— Elon Musk
Serendipity: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
A serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. They are common occurrences throughout the history of product invention and scientific discovery.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity