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Triller Ghosts Staff After $400M Raise, Stakes Future on SpaceX
Unpaid workers describe a slow fade as Triller raises a $400M war chest and now bets on a SpaceX livestream. No word from management for a year.
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A group of Triller employees say they have not been paid in a year. They also say they have not heard from senior management in months. The short-video platform raised more than $400 million from investors to challenge TikTok. Now those same investors are staring at a company that has gone dark toward its own workforce.
The workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described a slow disappearance. Paychecks stopped arriving around mid-2023. Emails to human resources went unanswered. Slack channels fell silent. One former employee said the last message from the C-suite was a company-wide note in early 2024 promising a funding round that never closed.
The internal silence contrasts with Triller’s public posture. The company has been promoting a partnership with SpaceX to livestream a music event from orbit. The deal generated headlines. It did not generate revenue for the people who built the platform. The disconnect raises a simple question: how does a company that can still command media attention leave its staff in the dark for a year?