There have been hints and whispers of Theranos here at HN for a while, here at least is more information about it, puff piece or no.
The board is quite impressive; I suspect they have gotten at least some DoD money, i.e. DARPA, through which perhaps some of those connections were made...
The CEO is definitely out for blood, and her employees apparently aren't exempt...
Here's some more information about Theranos... I interviewed with these guys recently. One of the things the interviewer stressed is that the programmers there typically work 60-hour weeks, and would I be okay with that. He said he was very proud of the fact that they used to work 80-hour weeks but had gotten it down to about 60. I passed on them just for this one reason...
The interview coding challenges were fairly well-designed and somewhat fun to do, though.
I was somewhat recently contacted for an interview, and the interviewer mentioned 45-55 hour work weeks, but other than that, the company seemed like it would be a decent company to work for. The screening process is somewhat more hardcore than others, but that can be a good thing.
The board is quite impressive; I suspect they have gotten at least some DoD money, i.e. DARPA, through which perhaps some of those connections were made...