# Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns AI boom offers chance to deceive investors

> Original title: Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’

- Source: TechCrunch · AI
- Published: 2026-10-30T16:03:45.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/chg281ndrovs0qvp2wn1c6abd
- Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-warns-that-the-ai-boom-is-a-great-opportunity-to-go-deceive-people/

## Summary

Tyler Shultz, a Theranos whistleblower, says the AI boom is "a great opportunity to go deceive people" because hard-to-verify AI startups are difficult to assess through due diligence. He warns that companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations, echoing Theranos's rise to a roughly $10 billion valuation despite its technology never working.