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Phoebe Gates co-founds AI shopping startup Phia at $185 million valuation, pledging to scale without relying on family connections

The profile sparked online debate over family wealth in tech

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gabriel@gabriel1

what does "privilige" have to do with building a 10B company

like no one can help you with that, doesn't matter if your dad it bill gates. you might get some extra help with enterprise deals but there is so much more

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gabriel@gabriel1

but also agree it sounds much more awesome to start from nothing and get to 10B company than having rich parents then getting to 10B. even if both are equally hard and it's makes no sense

gabriel@gabriel1

much harder to build a 10B company from ANY position or "privilige", than to get into a position where you get the chance to build a 10B company if you're from a random rural lower middle class town

given that you have been enlightened about startups

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