If you passed Tyler Shultz on the street, you probably wouldn't think twice about him. It's not that he's unremarkable, he just doesn't immediately strike anyone as the kind of person who would help expose the fraudulent activities of a massive health technology company. Disgraced CEO Elizabeth Holmes built Theranos on a dream of better preventative testing using a single drop of blood, and it collapsed under all of her lies. Tyler helped bring those lies out of the dark and into the light.
In Hulu's The Dropout, we'll see a fictionalized version of Tyler's (played by Dylan Minnette) story up until the trial of Elizabeth Holmes. Now that she's been convicted of four counts of fraud, one can assume Tyler is probably resting easy. Henry David Thoreau once said, "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." Tyler gave the world truth, and in return got a bit of fame. So, where is Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz now?
Interestingly enough, Tyler is now the CEO and co-founder of his own medical device company called Flux Biosciences, Inc. Gird your hopefully healthy loins because some of what his company does will sound vaguely familiar. One year after leaving Theranos, Tyler returned to Stanford to work at the Wang lab as a researcher. The Wang lab had already developed technology that could detect biomarkers accurately and in real-time. A biomarker can help recognize early problems with a person's health.
Flux Biosciences then used this technology to develop a...
A state announcement comes amid a congressional inquiry into Medicaid fraud but state officials said the cases are not related to federal pressure This premium article is for members. If you are on...