Over the last few years, the failed biomedical startup Theranos has become synonymous with some of the worst aspects of Silicon Valley. Through a combination of hubris, mendacity, and paranoid secrecy, the company fooled investors and the press into thinking it had created a nearly magical medical tricorder, earning a ”unicorn” valuation of $9 billion before the whole endeavor was revealed to be smoke and mirrors.
Much ink has been spilled documenting Theranos’ rise and then fall—but the most important work has arguably been that of Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou.
Källa: The downfall of Theranos, from the journalist who made it happen
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