Elizabeth Holmes, 41, are currently in jail to cheat investors through their notorious blood-testing startup Therenos.
Now, his partner and the father of his two children, Billy Evans, have established a blood-testing startup-but the company insists that it is not Therenos 2.0.
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the new York Times The 33 -year -old Evans, working on a new company called Greek for “blood flower”, focuses on detection of diseases through small samples of blood, urine and saliva. According to the investor content seen by Many timesEvans has raised $ 3.5 million for friends and family startups and is reaching investors in Austin and San Francisco for an additional $ 15 million in this spring financing.
Haemanthus was included in February 2024 and focuses on animal tests and pet health care before humans.
Earlier this month, the startup achieved it First patent For a small, box -like machine that uses lasers to process blood, saliva or urine samples. According to marketing materials, machine can identify cancer, infections and diseases to diagnose with laser technology. The marketing material of Haemanthus underlines its long -term target of developing a small, wearable version of the machine for humans.
Elizabeth Homes and Billy Evans. Photo by Philip Pacheko/Getty Image
Holmes’s company, Theranos also tried to diagnose diseases with a small sample of blood using a box -like machine, The EdisonThe company, which was established by Holmes in 2003, was one $ 9 billion evaluation Until 2015 but later maligned Wall Street Journal Reporter John Carreyu exposed Its technology achieved wrong readings and depended on the third-party technique to test its tests.
Startup Darling In September 2018, and in November 2022, Holmes was was sentenced In jail for 11 years and 3 months after being found guilty of cheating investors from hundreds of million dollars. She started She is sentenced In May 2023.
Holmes met Evans In 2017And the couple now have two children.
Sources told owner Although Holmes is captured in a federal feature in Bryan, Texas, she is advising Evans on Hemthus.
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Startup denies claims. Hemthus Turned to x In the weekend, to clarify that “it is the therenos 2.0” and Holmes company has “zero participation”.
The startup wrote in an X thread on Sunday, “We have learned from his company’s mistakes, but have no role, now or future.”
Startup states that it takes a “fundamentally different” approach from Theranos using lasers to process blood and other fluids.
“Theranos attempted to shorten the current tests,” Hemthusus Xe“Our approach is fundamentally different. We use light to read full molecular story in biological fluids, the current test cannot be detected by looking at the pattern.”
3/ Setting the record straight. Elizabeth Holmes has zero participation in Hemthus. We have learned from the mistakes of his company, but have no role, now or future. NYT & @Npr Otherwise lies. We are silent to build real technology, not hidden. Performance, not promising.
– Haemanthus (@heamnthusinc) May 11, 2025
Hemthus has about 10 employees under Evans, the new York Times Report.
Holmes is expected to be released from jail August 16, 2032,
