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

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· Amanda Silberling·Friday, October 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM UTC

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