During the trial of "United States v. Elizabeth Holmes," over a thousand emails, slides, text messages, and documents were publicly disclosed. An engineer with the username Extend, named Bo Lau, used this information to create a website that simulates what it would be like to be the CEO of Theranos before everything collapses.
The author writes, "Every day, I am grateful for the American legal system's openness of the evidence disclosure process."
The environment created by Lau is quite meticulous in its details, almost taking people back to 2016 – a time when iPhone still had Home keys and required swiping on the screen to unlock. Even MacBook Air was running on OS X El Capitan at that time.
Users can click around in this environment to view documents that are made public in court cases. This content will be displayed on Holmes' iPhone and on the laptop screen. You can even run the Edison of the Theranos machine – this device, which has had a tumultuous history, was originally claimed to be capable of extracting a large amount of health data with just a drop of blood.
The report suggests that this project seems to be created mostly for entertainment, but it actually provides an interesting way to browse through the documents related to one of the most notorious court cases in the history of technology. It is much easier than searching through thousands of PDF on the court's official website.
However, the report also points out that there is another purpose behind this. Lau is promoting a film viewing event being organized by her company, which will feature the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, titled You Can See Everything, which Nathan Fielder is about to release.
Of course, she also took the opportunity to promote her own company. So, what exactly does Extend do? It is claimed that it can “parse, extract, and split your most difficult files with unparalleled accuracy.” The author added, “I’m not quite sure what that means either, but if it makes such a Holmes desk simulator possible, then I think that at least indicates that I am optimistic about B2B SaaS.”












