Theranos, every mention
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every year anyone Jason Calacanis 26Chamath Palihapitiya 11David Sacks 7David Friedberg 3Antonio Gracias 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Theranos comes up
Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
- ▶ 42:52 Jason Calacanis The Theranos one drop blood machine. 2 times in the scene
E140: LK-99, Sclerotic establishments, Fitch downgrades US debt, Trump indicted... again
- ▶ 38:43 David Sacks Now, J.Cow, another company just got funded to do the same thing that Theranos promised it was going to do. 2 times in the scene
E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
- ▶ 40:16 Chamath Palihapitiya Like, wasn't the journalist that exposed the fraud at Theranos? 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:01 Jason Calacanis Well, if we look at Theranos, uh, those people, uh, who invested, including, um, Draper and, um.
#AIS: Bestie AMA with Valor's Antonio Gracias
- ▶ 1:03:12 Antonio Gracias I mean, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, ok, like, lots of smart people wanting that company.
#AIS: Opening chat with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez
- ▶ 5:51 Chamath Palihapitiya We are witnessing our first Theranos moment, starring Jason Kalkanis.
#AIS: Pear VC’s Mar Hershenson on making successful founders
- ▶ 22:23 David Friedberg Um, the Theranos story, I think, like, was such a great example of that. 2 times in the scene
E68: Trudeau invokes emergency powers, Bitcoin vs. government, Tiger Global's new strategy and more
- ▶ 1:02:48 Jason Calacanis I'll say there was a 3.5 in there, which is you saw a little bit of lack of governance or superpowers on the part of like some incompetent founders or bad founders, just, you know, whether it's, we work there in us, whatever, too much…
E63: Insurrection indictments, human rights in the US and abroad, groundbreaking MS study and more
- ▶ 1:17:16 Jason Calacanis I mean, I think this is like a Theranos or WeWork overreaction, which is like,
E62: Elizabeth Holmes verdict, fraud origins & takeaways, navigating "The Great Markdown" & more
- ▶ 3:58 Jason Calacanis This outcome could be significant because it means hundreds of millions of dollars of Theranos investors 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:36 Jason Calacanis He's referring to Theranos, but there was so much hand waving, like, look over here. 3 times in the scene
E56: Constitution DAO, Rittenhouse trial coverage, private sector efficiency vs the government
- ▶ 11:58 Jason Calacanis Just like Theranos, just like Nikola.
- ▶ 50:43 Jason Calacanis Like Veranos is not allowing video in the courtroom and it's not getting covered to this extent
E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
- ▶ 38:01 David Sacks Whether, you know, it was Theranos or Magic Leap or Quibi or whatever. 2 times in the scene
E51: Supply Chain Shortages, Inflation, DeSantis, Ted Sarandos Netflix Memo, Cancel Culture, Fan Q&A
- ▶ 1:06:05 Jason Calacanis I was right about Theranos.
E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
- ▶ 1:07:37 Jason Calacanis Holmes should be held accountable for her actions as chief executive of Theranos, and it can be sexist to hold her accountable for alleged very serious wrongdoing and not hold an array of men accountable for reports of wrongdoing and bad… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:11:47 Jason Calacanis Isn't there two different things between, you know, where she obviously misled people in a premeditated way and lied to them, like taking their blood sample and then putting it in a fake machine, then doing it in the back on an Abbott…
- ▶ 1:13:18 Chamath Palihapitiya There are two things at play in Theranos, which is different. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:23:59 Chamath Palihapitiya He said Theranos. 2 times in the scene
E45: Theranos & VC fraud risks, China bans video games, Texas SB8, Apple app store, CA fires, Rogan
- ▶ 13:04 Jason Calacanis Um, jury selection, uh, started this week, and it's going to cover 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud over false claims she made about the blood test results from Theranos. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:41 Jason Calacanis She was saying that she was giving them a blood result on her incredible Veranos machine, and she was running it to the back and S and running it on an average machine. 2 times in the scene
E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay & more
- ▶ 39:35 David Sacks So it was Theranos, it was Nicola and Alzheimergen.
- ▶ 46:33 Jason Calacanis Or Theranos. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 51:08 Chamath Palihapitiya I have a funny Theranos story.
- ▶ 59:13 Jason Calacanis What's the Theranos story?
E30: Ramifications of Biden's proposed capital gains tax hike, founder psychology & more
- ▶ 51:34 David Friedberg The personality provides the high beta personality provides the alpha, and it can also provide, it also could provide like a Theranos outcome, and you know, the thing that when you'll see when you watch this is, I don't know if you guys…
E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing
- ▶ 36:47 David Sacks You end up with, like, you end up with a, a magic leap, or Theranos. 2 times in the scene