Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns AI boom is 'a great opportunity to go deceive people'
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-10-31
Tyler Shultz, the whistleblower in the Theranos fraud, warned TechCrunch that the AI boom is "a great opportunity to go deceive people." He sees new significance in the Theranos cautionary tale at a time when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations, offering a first-hand perspective on overheated AI capital markets.
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