{
  "id": 15637802,
  "title": "The tech world reacts to the Elizabeth Holmes doc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/the-tech-world-reacts-to-the-elizabeth-holmes-doc",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-19T17:29:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-world-reactions-elizabeth-holmes-doc-nathan-fielder-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Techies are buzzing with thoughts after watching the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary. The film, which premiered in theaters and grossed $15 million in its opening weekend, has inspired reactions ranging from sympathetic to uncanny to innovative to boring. Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, is the subject of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary, \"You Can See Everything.\" The film has prompted former tech executives and industry figures to share their thoughts on Holmes, who was convicted of defrauding investors by falsely claiming her blood-testing startup could run hundreds of tests from a small blood sample. Some find Holmes strangely familiar, recalling encounters with the duo at a San Francisco party in 2019. Others view her as a tech industry archetype of narcissism and delusion. The film's impact on the tech world is mixed, with some praising its innovative filmmaking and viewing it as a great film, while others find it boring or simply a waste of the filmmakers' talent.",
  "summary": "Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is the subject of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's new doc. The tech world... has thoughts.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}