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Theranos
November 18, 2022
Prem Thakker
Scammer Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison Over Theranos Fraud
Holmes was sentenced to 135 months for defrauding investors.
May 11, 2022
Magazine
Kim Phillips-Fein
The World That Venture Capital Made
Do the financiers deserve the credit for Silicon Valley’s success?
March 4, 2022
Magazine
Lidija Haas
The Dropout
Is a Twisted Compliment to Elizabeth Holmes
The Hulu series portrays the Theranos CEO as a visionary outcast—just as she saw herself.
September 7, 2021
Natalie Shure
It’s Good That Elizabeth Holmes Failed
The Silicon Valley model of disruption won’t fix health care—it only creates the opportunity for a select few to profit off what’s broken.
September 2, 2021
Timothy Noah
The Dark Lesson of Elizabeth Holmes’s Theranos Is That Corporate Bullying Works
The Silicon Valley superstar may finally be facing trial, but the fact that her company got away with the crimes for as long as it did is still disturbing.
September 21, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Nikola Scandal Is a Cautionary Tale About Green Tech’s Gauzy Promises
Like Theranos before it, the electric truck company shows it’s a mistake to hope start-ups can save the planet.
March 29, 2019
Avi Asher-Schapiro
What the Theranos Documentary Misses
Instead of examining Elizabeth Holmes’s personality, look at the people and systems that aided the company’s rise.
January 14, 2019
Magazine
Anna Altman
Mommy and Data
“Femtech” companies are marketing themselves to women who are worried about having kids. Are these startups alleviating female anxieties or exploiting them?
January 18, 2017
Jo Livingstone
What Is Our Obsession With Young Blood?
Peter Thiel & Co. show that medical tech is magical thinking for our dark times.
December 8, 2016
Sarah Jones
The Year Silicon Valley Went Morally Bankrupt
Tech moguls want to remake the world, but in 2016 they behaved as if they owe us no explanation for their decisions.
June 9, 2016
Esther Breger
Jennifer Lawrence will be donning a black turtleneck to play everyone’s favorite former billionaire.
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