Bill Gates' Youngest Daughter Makes Big Announcement
Earlier this year, Phoebe Gates, the youngest daughter of billionaire tech mogul Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, landed a new job.
The 22-year-old self proclaimed "nepo baby" launched a new podcast courtesy of the Unwell network created by former Barstool Sports star Alex Cooper. During the first episode of their new podcast, The Burnouts, Gates spoke with friend and business partner Sophia Kianni to discuss their time at Stanford while building their new product.
'A lot of times, I think of things through the lens of there's no sunken cost,' she explained. 'It's easy to look back and think we study these different subjects, law, human biology, that now don't really necessarily relate exactly to what we're working on when it comes to fashion tech. And I think it's also important for people to realize you can always change direction. You can always immediately decide to do something completely different than what you're doing at that current moment.'
That new product, a shopping app named Phia, is finally here. Gates and Kianni announced the new app is "like Google Flights for fashion."
'It's been exciting to bring a vision to life that caters directly to customer needs, and combines innovation with our passion. Shopping for the things you love shouldn't be hard, expensive, or a waste of time. That's why we built Phia — to make finding the best deal effortless,' the two told People in a statement on April 24.
'Think of it as your personal shopping sidekick, always tagging along on your phone or laptop, making sure you never overpay,' they added. "Phia is like Google Flights for fashion — an AI-powered tool that compares prices across 40,000+ retail and secondhand sites in seconds. No ads, no endless searching — just the best options in one click, so you can get the best price every time."
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