https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unicorn-graveyard-tech-s-rises-falls--7337190
Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.]]>enTechnology© Talking Labshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/929d760d1e41f6fd2e5d5e4c9a0de3d3.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unicorn-graveyard-tech-s-rises-falls--7337190Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:29:51 +0000Talking LabsTalking Labsfeeds@spreaker.comTech's greatest rises and falls: startups that burned, formats that lost, inventions buried by their own makers. Reed Ashford narrates. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human...
Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.]]>false1c7ccdfb-5b18-532a-bb54-8b9022f42689trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-morris-worm-1988-when-the-early-internet-stalled--75305947
This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.

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Plus the regulatory gap the whole company lived inside, and the two junior scientists who worked out the truth from the quality-control bench.

Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors and Ramesh Balwani was convicted on all counts; those are court record. Reports that her speaking voice was adopted are flagged as recollection, not a finding of any court. Part two covers the trial.

This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75090007Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:12:14 +0000Talking LabsPart one of two. A founder in a black turtleneck promised a full panel of blood tests from a single fingerprick, on a box the size of a desktop printer, in a pharmacy near you. Reed Ashford on why the pitch was genuinely excellent, why the physics of...
Plus the regulatory gap the whole company lived inside, and the two junior scientists who worked out the truth from the quality-control bench.

Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors and Ramesh Balwani was convicted on all counts; those are court record. Reports that her speaking voice was adopted are flagged as recollection, not a finding of any court. Part two covers the trial.

This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.]]>1482blood testing,business,corporate governance,elizabeth holmes,erika cheung,failure,post mortem,silicon valley,startup fraud,startups,tech history,theranos,tyler shultz,venture capital,whistleblowerfalsefull