Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni’s Phia raises $35M to ‘make shopping fun again’
“We’re on the cusp of a completely new way of shopping,” Gates told TechCrunch.
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Phia’s founders on how AI is changing online shopping
Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save.
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