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Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’.

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Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warned that the AI boom offers "a great opportunity to go deceive people," drawing a parallel to the Theranos case as unprofitable companies raise capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

Why it matters: It applies lessons from a high-profile fraud case to current investor enthusiasm for AI companies with large valuations and no profits.

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“The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.”
TechCrunch AI, 30 Oct 2026, 16:03.

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