'Patriotic tech': Indian-American founder joins Eric Trump to make war robots for the US

Chidanand RajghattaTNN
Apr 25, 2026 | 13:23 IST
Source: Foundation.bot

A venture by Indian-American entrepreneur Sankaet Pathak and Trump's son Eric Trump has vaulted into prominence with a Pentagon-backed push into battlefield robotics

WASHINGTON: A new doctrine is quietly reshaping America’s technology-industrial complex, recasting Silicon Valley from a playground of consumer apps into an arsenal of strategic hardware. Dubbed “patriotic tech”, the movement argues that technology firms have a moral and national duty to align with the state — particularly in its intensifying rivalry with China.

At the centre of its latest, most controversial iteration are Indian-American entrepreneur Sankaet Pathak and US President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, whose venture, Foundation Future Industries, has vaulted into prominence with a Pentagon-backed push into battlefield robotics.
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