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Gates Heir's Shopping App Claimed Sales It Didn't Drive (bloomberg.com)
5 points by mgh2 2 days ago
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Brave got caught injecting referral codes and people still consider it reputable. I don't, but I mean, people do.
Phia was launched by Phoebe Gates, 23, and friend Sophia Kianni in 2025. The company has raised a total of $43.5 million from investors

That’s a lot of money for 1.2M downloads.