The Popular DNA Test Society 23andme has submitted a bankruptcy file and announced that its co -founder and CEO, Anne Wojcicki, had resigned with immediate effect.
The company will now try to sell under the supervision of a court.
23andm said in a press release that it plans to continue to operate throughout the sales process and that there is “no change in the way the company stores, manages or protects customer data”.
On Friday, the prosecutor general of the original state of 23andm in California published a consumer alert advising customers to delete their data from the site given the “financial distress” of the company “.
Test kits based on 23andme saliva were once celebrated among customers and investors, who helped push the value of the company up to $ 6 billion (4.6 billion pounds sterling).
But it was fight for survival In recent months.
In September, the company set a legal action alleging that it has not protected the privacy of nearly seven million customers whose personal information was exposed in a data violation in 2023.
Two months later, he Cut 200 employeesamount to 40% of his workforce.
23Andme said his finance chief Joe Selssavage would take over as an acting managing director.
Wojcicki will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors, he added.
