Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
6/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
25/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
6/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.

