A July Bloomberg investigation found that Phia, an AI-powered shopping assistant founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni that has raised more than $40 million from investors including Kleiner Perkin…
Bloomberg reported that Phia, the AI shopping extension co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, engaged in cookie stuffing for months, with internal Slack messages showing the founders knew abou…
Phoebe Gates, 23, daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, was photographed exiting a helicopter in New York City wearing Phia-branded merchandise days after her startup Phia was accused of a 'coo…
Phoebe Gates, co-founder of AI shopping startup Phia, is facing allegations that the company engaged in 'cookie stuffing,' a fraudulent affiliate tactic that claims credit for sales it did not drive, …
Phoebe Gates, the 23-year-old daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is unlikely to face the maximum 20-year prison sentence for alleged 'cookie stuffing' at her AI-powered shopping startup Phia…
Phia, the AI-powered shopping browser extension co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, faced two major controversies: in November 2025, security researchers revealed it was capturing full HTML …
Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni's AI shopping app is under scrutiny for allegedly inflating affiliate sales with fake clicks, raising questions about ethical oversight in AI-driven commerce. The incide…
Bloomberg found that Phia, the AI shopping app founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, was hijacking other retailers' affiliate commissions through a practice called cookie stuffing. The browser ex…
Phoebe Gates' AI shopping app Phia reportedly used cookie stuffing to claim unearned affiliate sales, according to investigations by researcher Ben Edelman, Bloomberg, and Capital One Shopping. The br…
Phoebe Gates, the 23-year-old daughter of Bill Gates, is building AI shopping startup Phia, valued at $185 million, and insists her privilege and last name have no role in its success. The company, wh…
Phia, a fashion-meets-AI startup cofounded by Bill Gates's daughter Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is advertising its $35.5 million Series A funding round on a billboard at a New York City bodega. Th…