Stanford fills Theranos's empty shoes

Once upon a time, Theranos was valued at $9 billion, and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was the talk of tech town. In those days of yore (read: 2014), the unicorn diagnostics maker would drop $1 million per month on a rather spectacular Palo Alto edifice — whose atrium’s marble floor was emblazoned with a brass Flower of Life emblem. 

The company has since dissolved, with its executives under federal scrutiny for fraud and whatnot. But the building’s found a new owner: Stanford University School of Medicine has taken over 1701 Page Mill Road, reporter Corinne Purtill writes on Medium — and students are expected to learn how to practice medicine where another tenant allegedly falsified its practice. Stanford in the midst of a remodeling, but many of Theranos’ signature details remain.