I’m not a scientist, but we’re going to hire the best 100 scientists in the world and turn cheap dirt into valuable rechargeable light-weight batteries.

That doesn't sound that Theranos to me. Theranos was (at least in my opinion) a fantastic sell. Had they been able to pull if off it would have provided huge value to a lot of people.

The problem was that the technology was all fiction.

Is the trend of "Uber for something something" still a thing?