The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss | TechCrunch0

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• August 20, 2026

I traveled to Las Vegas in May to watch the Enhanced Games — a one-of-a-kind sports competition that lets athletes compete while using the kind of performance-enhancing drugs typically banned in professional sports. The games, derided as the “steroid Olympics,” were put on by a telehealth company backed by the likes of Peter Thiel and