How a Billionaire’s ‘Baby Project’ Ensnared Dozens of Women Disgraced tycoon Greg Lindberg built a network of egg donors and surrogates. Several say he conned them—and that US fertility clinics helped him do it.

S/O to @sooophie.bsky.social who wrote the print story with me nearly a year ago. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The Kindbody Story: E5, The Baby Project Podcast Episode · Big Take · 27/09/2025 · 44m

🎙️In Episode 5 of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, I investigate Kindbody’s involvement in a billionaire’s “baby project” and explores what it says about America's unregulated fertility industry. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The Kindbody Story: E4, Fertility Care, Meet Sales Targets Podcast Episode · Big Take · 26/09/2025 · 41m

🎙️In Episode 4 of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, I interview patients who say they were pushed toward expensive IVF cycles and questionable add-ons.

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The Kindbody Story: E3, Rocketship to Nowhere Podcast Episode · Big Take · 21/09/2025 · 33m

In Episode 3 of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, financial losses mount and layoffs begin. I'll take you through one clinic's staffing crunch that sets the stage for an error that would lead one woman to give up on her dream of motherhood.

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The Kindbody Story: E2, The Embryo Mixup Podcast Episode · Big Take · 09/20/2025 · 37m

🎙️In Episode 2 of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, multiple incidents leave some families questioning everything they'd been told about Kindbody's state-of-the-art care. I uncover what went wrong. LISTEN HERE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Kindbody Story: E1, The Fertility Spa Podcast Episode · Big Take · 09/19/2025 · 31m

🎙️In Episode 1 of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, I explore how the company attracted millions from investors eager to disrupt the fertility industry. We hear from former employees describe a company that at times cut too many corners. LISTEN HERE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The human cost of disrupting America’s fertility industry. An investigation into clinical mistakes, staffing crises, and financial pressures at one of America’s fastest-growing IVF chains.

🎙️All five episodes of my podcast IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story are out! It's an investigation into clinical mistakes, staffing crises, and financial pressures at one of America's fastest-growing IVF chains. You can listen on Apple/Spotify or find all eps here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

I also took a closer look at grants that Ted Cruz flagged as “woke”. One of them is for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign which uses NSF funds to buy NVIDIA GPUs for researchers. Just last month, Marc Andressen credited UIUCs computing resources for helping him develop the Mosaic browser.

Trump’s Funding Cuts Threaten America’s AI Competitiveness A key federal agency for artificial intelligence research has been hit by layoffs and faces looming budget cuts.

My latest explores how layoffs and Trump’s budget cuts at the NSF could set the US back in AI race vs China.

This story is totally insane, the title / summary does not do it justice!

Amazing investigative work from @sooophie.bsky.social & @jackiedavalos.bsky.social

@sooophie.bsky.social took one for the team and read them all for this story 😂

I’m not but my reporting partner on this story is! @sooophie.bsky.social

How a Billionaire’s ‘Baby Project’ Ensnared Dozens of Women Disgraced tycoon Greg Lindberg built a network of egg donors and surrogates. Several say he conned them—and that US fertility clinics helped him do it.

Jaw-dropping story about a billionaire who duped women into donating their eggs so he could have a brood of blonde, blue-eyed children. The "project" continued even when he was behind bars (and he's probably going back to prison, leaving the kids' care to nannies). Free link: