The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO
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00:00 What do you dream for?
00:02 That less people have to say goodbye too soon
00:05 to people they love.
00:07 I had heard about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes.
00:12 But you know, her story is so compelling.
00:14 She was going to herald a revolution
00:17 in medical treatment in this country.
00:19 It was obviously such an incredible story.
00:24 A woman creating this nine billion dollar company.
00:27 Everyone worshipped the ground she walked on.
00:29 She could do no wrong.
00:30 She was the next Steve Jobs.
00:32 The idea with the Edison was to stick the lab inside the box.
00:37 She wanted Edison devices in every home in America.
00:40 This could be the Apple of healthcare.
00:42 You all are part of something that is going to change our world.
00:45 What higher purpose is there?
00:47 Elizabeth came to me and she described her idea.
00:51 It's impossible, physically.
00:56 Elizabeth was lying about the accuracy of the blood tests.
00:59 It's all a show.
01:00 She didn't want anybody to see what was going on in there.
01:03 We don't need to explain ourselves to competitive companies.
01:06 She aligned herself with very powerful men
01:09 who succumbed to a certain charm.
01:11 She was deceiving investors to the tune of 400 million dollars.
01:15 It comes back to fake it until you make it.
01:17 There was definitely something going on behind the scenes.
01:19 She had bulletproof glass on their windows.
01:21 Anything they typed was watched.
01:23 It was very scary.
01:24 Like what are they trying to hide?
01:26 The mantra in Silicon Valley is move fast, break things.
01:29 That's not the way you approach science that's going to be impacting people's lives.
01:32 Quite frankly, people can die.
01:35 It snowballed into this crazy situation.
01:41 In a panic, I went and bought a burner phone.
01:44 I called the Wall Street Journal.
01:45 What is coming out of her mouth is not reality.
01:48 She never thought she had any limits.
01:50 She was going to conquer the world.
01:51 This was real lunacy.
01:54 Can you tell us a secret?
01:56 I don't have many secrets.
01:59 I'm...
02:01 [Music]
02:06 [Music fades]
02:08 [Silence]