A New Website Simulates the Desk of Elizabeth Holmes

Bo Lau, an engineer at Extend, has launched an interactive website that allows visitors to browse the digital workspace of Elizabeth Holmes, the former chief executive of Theranos. The simulation provides a window into the company's inner workings by housing internal emails, presentations, and text messages that were submitted as evidence during the United States v. Holmes criminal trial.

Digital recreations of Theranos archives

The site mirrors the 2016 technological aesthetic, complete with a MacBook Air running OS X El Capitan and an iPhone requiring a slide to unlock. Users can interact with these devices to read through thousands of pages of legal exhibits, an experience The Scale Report notes is significantly more intuitive than navigating raw PDFs on official court dockets. The environment even includes a functional, virtual version of the Edison machine.

Context on document discovery

While the project serves as a marketing tool for Extend, a firm specializing in document parsing and data extraction, it also functions as an unconventional archive for a landmark Silicon Valley fraud case. The ease of access provided by this interface highlights the growing utility of AI-driven parsing tools in managing complex, unstructured discovery data.

Lau developed the platform partly to promote an upcoming watch party for "You Can See Everything," a documentary about the Theranos scandal directed by Nathan Fielder. By blending historical records with modern technical capabilities, the site offers a unique perspective on the collapse of a company that once promised to revolutionize blood testing.