{
  "id": 598345,
  "title": "Phoebe Gates Knew Phia App Took Credit For Sales It Didn’t Drive",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/phoebe-gates-knew-phia-app-took-credit-for-sales-it-didnt-drive",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T20:07:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-11/gates-knew-phia-took-credit-for-sales-it-didn-t-drive-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for features in the startup’s software that took credit for sales it didn’t drive. The founders were aware of the practice for at least seven months. Olivia Solon reports. (Source: Bloomberg)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Phoebe Gates knew Phia shopping app took credit for sales it didn’t drive",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/phoebe-gates-knew-phia-shopping-app-took-credit-for-sales-it-didnt",
        "published": "2026-08-12T14:56:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Phoebe Gates reportedly knew shopping app Phia was stealing affiliate credit for months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/phoebe-gates-reportedly-knew-shopping-app-phia-was-stealing-affiliate",
        "published": "2026-08-13T11:30:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}