❓Are genetic testing startups a goldmine or gamble?
The genetic testing industry has seen both triumphs and setbacks. 23andMe, once a high-flyer, faces layoffs and declining market value. Yet others, like prenatal-focused Natera, thrive with multibillion-dollar valuations. Startups like BillionToOne and Genome Medical are raising hefty funds, while niches like pet DNA testing lose steam.
Despite past bubbles, the $10B genetic testing market is predicted to double by 2033, hinting at massive growth opportunities, but not without risks.
❓Are genetic testing startups a goldmine or gamble?
The genetic testing industry has seen both triumphs and setbacks. 23andMe, once a high-flyer, faces layoffs and declining market value. Yet others, like prenatal-focused Natera, thrive with multibillion-dollar valuations. Startups like BillionToOne and Genome Medical are raising hefty funds, while niches like pet DNA testing lose steam.
Despite past bubbles, the $10B genetic testing market is predicted to double by 2033, hinting at massive growth opportunities, but not without risks.
This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, is known as "the Russian Mark Zuckerberg," for co-founding VKontakte, which is Russian for "in touch," a Facebook imitator that became the country's most popular social networking site. "For Telegram, accountability has always been a problem, which is why it was so popular even before the full-scale war with far-right extremists and terrorists from all over the world," she told AFP from her safe house outside the Ukrainian capital. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram?
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