A blood testing start-up in Silicon Valley. Built machines (Edison and MiniLab) to “revolutionize” (especially in terms of expected time until test results) biochemistry and lab technology as well as pharmaceutical business.
In 2015, the Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Holmes, exposing her fraudulent activities. Ex-employees Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung also came forward as whistleblowers.
“Did they know they were faking it or did they believe they were making it?” – Jessica Roth, a law professor and former federal prosecutor
Media coverage
The Dropout, a podcast The Inventor, a documentary Bad Blood, a book written by John Carreyrou
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