These are the best tech-themed and internet-inspired Halloween costumes in 2019, from Elizabeth Holmes to AirPods

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These are the best tech-themed and internet-inspired Halloween costumes in 2019, from Elizabeth Holmes to AirPods

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From left to right: Caroline Calloway, Adam Neumann, and Elizabeth Holmes.

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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed blood-testing startup Theranos, was a big hit this year for Halloween, to the extent it may have caused a shortage of black turtlenecks around Silicon Valley. One person to get in on the trend was famed journalist Katie Couric.

Read more: Silicon Valley retailers are running out of black turtlenecks, and it could be because people are going as Elizabeth Holmes for Halloween

I want to collect your blood. #HappyHallowen 💉💉 pic.twitter.com/avOc3skvZg

— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) October 31, 2019

A venture capitalist with the firm First Round donned a cape and gold chain to be the email startup Superhuman.

For @firstround Halloween 🎃 we dress up as portfolio companies...

Equal parts swagger + speed, I present to u — Me, a @Superhuman 🦸🏽‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/4g1Dv4dIhT

— Girl Alex (@grlalx) October 31, 2019
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The CEO of Cloudflare — a tech company with a recently successful IPO — trolled WeWork by dressing up as ousted CEO Adam Neumann. Matthew Prince donned Neumann's long hair and notable "Made by We" t-shirt.

The CEO of Cloudflare — a tech company with a recently successful IPO — trolled WeWork by dressing up as ousted CEO Adam Neumann. Matthew Prince donned Neumann's long hair and notable "Made by We" t-shirt.

Thank you for the costume inspiration! Pretty incredible how quickly you can get a tshirt printed after seeing a clever Tweet on a lazy Sunday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/vPMlBlYJ7H

— Matthew Prince 🌥 (@eastdakota) October 31, 2019

WeWork's dramatic fall from grace inspired a multitude of costumes in time for Halloween. This alternate version of Neumann spoofed the WeWork's cofounder billion-dollar buyout from the company.

Read more: Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann inspired some of the best Halloween costumes this year

Halloween costume winner goes to @paulmarvucic as Adam Neumann pic.twitter.com/ARY94AgwW8

— Andrew Brackin (@brackin) October 27, 2019
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Working on Halloween can be a little more difficult, however, if you're honoring public transportation. A Twitter user dressed up as a MARTA bus, an ode to the transit system in Atlanta.

When you’re a MARTA Bus but you still gotta earn that paycheck🚍💰 pic.twitter.com/K0O2ldVUn0

— Morgan Jacobus (@morgan_jacobus) October 31, 2019

Arguably the most notable influencer of 2019, Caroline Calloway, was a popular pick for "Calloween." People donned flower crowns, shirts reading "scammer," and Yale plates to replicate the infamous influencer.

Read more: People celebrated 'Calloween' by dressing up as controversial influencer Caroline Calloway, donning flower crowns and 'scammer' shirts

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Halloween also brought out the largest (and cutest) pair of AirPods ever known. Canadian TV personality Jessi Cruickshank dressed up her young twins as a pair of AirPods (the first generation), and even earned a Twitter shoutout from Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Look like future pros to me! Happy Halloween! https://t.co/6R9CRWkynC

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 31, 2019

The 23andMe DNA testing kit was a source of inspiration from the queen of the DNA test herself, "Truth Hurts" singer Lizzo. The costume came with a sparkly swab, and opened up to reveal the DNA results: "100% that b----."

The 23andMe DNA testing kit was a source of inspiration from the queen of the DNA test herself, "Truth Hurts" singer Lizzo. The costume came with a sparkly swab, and opened up to reveal the DNA results: "100% that b----."
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Washington, D.C.'s love-hate relationship with its city's electric scooters was on full display with this Twitter user's inventive costume of a Lime e-bike.

Cash me outside @limebike @PoPville @DCist @washingtonpost @georgetowndc pic.twitter.com/raw3oLFQVt

— emdubbbb (@emdubbbb) November 1, 2019

Internet trends also spawned some of the most popular Halloween costumes this year. It's likely you saw at least one or two VSCO girls out on the streets with their scrunchies, Birkenstock sandals, and Hydroflask water bottles.

My mom and her coworkers dressed as vsco girls for Halloween 💀 pic.twitter.com/YcX3btlmfm

— LEX (@lexiihern) October 31, 2019
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YouTube power couple Jake Paul and Tana Mongeau paid homage to another pair of famous YouTubers, Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson. "We dressed as the ppl that saved our careers," Mongeau wrote in a tweet.

Read more: Tana Mongeau and Jake Paul dressed as Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson for Halloween because the YouTubers 'saved' their careers

we dressed as the ppl that saved our careers 😍😍😍😍😍 @shanedawson @JeffreeStar pic.twitter.com/CUX7SWT5rN

— Tana Mongeau (@tanamongeau) October 31, 2019

Paul's older brother, Logan, recreated Johnny Lawrence's look in "The Karate Kid," complete with a black karate gi and headband.

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Meanwhile, YouTuber and former Vine star Liza Koshy posted her Halloween interpretation of Mahatma Gandhi. "Gandhi has done so much for the world..." Koshy wrote in the caption. "But what did we not see him do? This is life for him today."

Read more: YouTuber Liza Koshy dressed up as Gandhi for Halloween and it's the best thing you'll see today

YouTuber Jaclyn Hill opted to go tongue-in-cheek this Halloween, dressing up as "cancel culture" following a disastrous launch of her own lipstick line earlier this year.

Read more: After her controversial lipstick launch, beauty guru Jaclyn Hill wore a 'canceled' Halloween costume at her annual party

Ok... @Jaclynhill ... you got me with that one. 😂😂🤣 Who’s that blood from though? 🤔 The customers who found metal shards in their lipsticks? pic.twitter.com/JK3CC7BuhI

— ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴍᴇ ʙʏ ᴍʏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀɴɢᴇʟᴏ 🎃 (@allegedlyangelo) October 27, 2019
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This photo of Uber executives decked out in Halloween costumes was posted by New York Times' reporter Kate Conger. CFO Nelson Chai was dressed as a helium balloon, and sources told Conger that CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is dressed as a "bug basher."

Uber’s CFO was a balloon for Halloween. You do absolutely love to see it! pic.twitter.com/RQihVIP9lG

— kate conger (@kateconger) November 1, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg let his 3-year-old daughter, Max, pick out his family's costumes this Halloween. The result was a four-person garden: Zuckerberg was a drop of water, wife Priscilla Chan was a bumble bee, and their two daughters were dressed as the sun and a plant.

Read more: Mark Zuckerberg dressed up as a drop of water for Halloween: 'That's what happens when your three year old picks the theme'

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