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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by redis_mlc on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:53PM (#22131152)
"Anne Wojcicki married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in May 2007."

There ya go.

23andMe was a vanity project for Sergey's wife (now ex-wife.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Wojcicki

Same story for Marissa Mayer.

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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by dehrmann on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:24PM (#22134012)
Importantly, Alphabet is an inventor in 23andme. Her sister is also the head of YouTube.

This still isn’t as bad as Elon Musk using Tesla to bail out his cousin’s failing Solar City.

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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by dekhn on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:23PM (#22131531)
I know quite well (have met all the people involved), but I still can't believe how much money has been sunk into them.
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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by downerending on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:33PM (#22133549)
One of the joys of being rich is being able to spend your money however you like.

It's a caution to the rest of us, though. My annual salary is just a rounding error to them, and it's not worth their time to consider my individual fate in any way.

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