Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz says AI startups are hard to diligence

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz says AI startups are hard to diligence

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz told the SF Standard that AI is hard to diligence, because a truly novel product is hard to tell apart from a ChatGPT wrapper, a thin interface over a third-party model. Theranos withheld evidence its machines worked from potential investors, citing trade secrets.

In my view, a demo is not evidence of a working system.

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