# 23andMe Consumer genetics pioneer turned privacy cautionary tale. After bankruptcy in 2025, [[Regeneron]] won the auction at $256M, the auction was reopened, and founder Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit TTAM Research Institute completed the acquisition on July 14, 2025 — placing roughly 15 million customers' genomes under a new owner amid multi-state attorney-general privacy interventions. The case is the vault's clearest demonstration that genetic databases are transferable assets whose original consent terms don't survive corporate death. > Status: stub — expand with the 2023 credential-stuffing breach, the bankruptcy timeline, state AG actions and opt-out provisions, and TTAM's governance. ## See Also - [[Biotech Sector]] - [[Regeneron]]