Theranos faked blood tests for a decade, fooled Walgreens, Safeway, and the Pentagon, and put real patients at risk. The deeper question isn't how Holmes lied — it's why Silicon Valley's smartest investors refused to ask for proof until a journalist did.

Spill the Tea: Silicon Valley
Each episode dives into the week's spiciest Silicon Valley drama, with a focus on the latest gossip in startups, AI, and big tech CEOs. episode focus on specific, usually personal, feuds. titles lowercase, please. Keep new episodes about recent drama.
Episodes
a16z's Marc Andreessen published his 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto' and declared war on journalists, regulators, and critics in one breath. Former allies say it's a PR smokescreen for bad bets. Is this ideology or just a very rich man throwing a very public tantrum?
In 2023, Airbnb quietly gutted its C-suite — no press release, no scandal headline. Insiders say Chesky wanted a company that ran through him alone. Is this visionary founder control or a one-man cult of personality slowly eating a $75B company?
WeWork imploded in 2019 taking $47B in valuation with it — but somehow Adam Neumann walked away with $1.7B and is now pitching Flow, a new real estate startup, to the same VC crowd. How does a guy who crashed the decade's biggest IPO get a second act?
demis vs sergey: the power struggle to control AI at alphabet
Elon paid $44B for Twitter, gutted the staff, and renamed it X — but insiders say the real prize was the data firehose to train Grok. Was this a social media acquisition or an AI land grab dressed up as a free speech crusade?
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