Eric Trump-backed is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. We found 3 threads in 3 different communities, starting at Nov 14, 14:32 UTC; r/nottheonion, r/politics and r/technology carry most of the discussion. That adds up to around 21.7K upvotes and 758 comments.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- CNBC: Eric Trump-backed robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy home
Eric Trump-backed robot startup Foundation Future Industries has run low on cash and missed payroll, as CEO Sankaet Pathak faces scrutiny over a $4.6 million company loan.
The numbers in the headlines
- $5 million: cited by a post in r/nottheonion, a post in r/politics, a post in r/technology and CNBC
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/nottheonion | 1 | 15,979 | 485 | Nov 14, 15:14 UTC |
| r/politics | 1 | 5,701 | 273 | Nov 14, 14:32 UTC |
| r/technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 16:57 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy homer/nottheonion · 15,979 upvotes · 485 comments · Nov 14, 15:14 UTC · CNBC
- Eric Trump-backed robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy homer/politics · 5,701 upvotes · 273 comments · Nov 14, 14:32 UTC · CNBC
- Eric Trump-backed robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy homer/technology · 0 upvotes · 0 comments · Nov 14, 16:57 UTC · CNBC
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “Eric Trump-backed robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy home”
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “Robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy home”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/nottheonion (15,979 upvotes, 485 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/technology: “Eric Trump-backed robot soldier startup can't pay staff after founder borrowed $4.6 million from company to buy home”
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.