Relevant:

"Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something.

Middle class kids can afford one throw. Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on.

Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work.

Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival. They're the ones working it."

no ties to my privilege

it's an AI startup

$185 million

Something does not compute, in a Microslop sort of way.

Wonder how much of her funding came from people who rape kids with her dad...

If she thinks she's doing anything that her name doesn't benefit, she's fucking stupider than most AI ceos and that's saying a lot.

Maybe even stupid enough to not know the reason her dad's company took off is her grandparents worked for Xerox and just gave him a bunch of IP including the first computer mouse and a shit ton of money.

The Gates family is a nepo family, they're just all too stupid to understand and legitimately think they have the same opportunities as anyone else.

Is this the same entitled bitch who got a $1,000,000 ranch as a present?

Maybe pay some fucking taxes, Phoebe.

Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name'

But you have no problem with the $35 million they gave you? That's part of your privilege. You say you want to succeed without it while stuffing your pockets with it.

She just wants to be treated like any other totally unqualified person whose mom gave her commencement speed and got handed 100 million dollars to start up a made up company.

She's going to be another super villain in ten years isn't she

An "AI shopping company". Yes, that´s just what the world needs.

To be fair to whoever she is, it must have been impossible for them to not to have grown up completely bonkers out of touch. Not without some serious awesome parenting.

Which is why she did not.

Raised in a bubble she can't see.

I have no doubt she's at least as horrible as we all imagine.

"Child of prominent pedophile has an AI startup" is such a vibe right now.

The featured article under this is titled

Hailey Bieber and Kris Jenner back Phoebe Gates’ fashion tech startup Phia in $8 million seed round

hilarious stuff

Well I guess as long as she has a 'chip' on her shoulder

The shopping assistant plugs into browsers like Chrome and Safari to compare prices and surface deals across tens of thousands of retail and resale sites in real time. It essentially serves as your own personal deal finder: Say you’re looking at a $200 dress from Anthropologie, Phia can find and compare prices at secondhand sellers to help customers find a better price.

Gates and Kianni first brainstormed startup ideas in their Stanford dorm room, cycling through concepts before landing on a consumer tool that included Gates’ interest in women’s empowerment (likely modeled after her own mother) and Kianni’s sustainability focus.

I don’t think a coupon tool that wastes excessive resources is either empowering or sustainable.

With what money did she start the business then? Get the F out of here with that crap. Also, so original, going into AI like everyone else.

Reading this, I was reminded of how Nicolas Cage is part of the Coppola family but changed his name, I was told, so that he could “make it on his own.”

I looked that up and it turns out to be a complete lie. He actually changed his name to conceal the fact that he was not making it on his own.

EDIT to clarify if this was confusing: he was given roles by his uncle Francis Ford Coppola. This is nepotism aka “not making it on his own,” but with special help from family. To conceal the nepotism, his name was changed.

From Wikipedia:

At age 15, he tried to convince his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, to give him a screen test, telling him "I'll show you acting." His outburst was met with "silence in the car."[20] By this stage of his career, Coppola had already directed Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman and Robert De Niro. Although early in his career Cage appeared in some of his uncle's films, he changed his name to Nicolas Cage to avoid the appearance of nepotism as Coppola's nephew. His choice of name was inspired by the Marvel Comicssuperhero Luke Cage and composer John Cage.[21][22]

This is fucking worse than monarchy.

If it's that much of a problem for her, perhaps she should consider making a name for herself in a completely different, non-computer related field, hiding her identity. Oh, you don't want it to be that hard? Ok.

Well you don't get to have that. Possible access to your father is enough for you to get priveleges.

Pay your taxes or shut up.

Phoebe Cates>>>>>Phoebe Gates

She will ALWAYS have help lol

you arnt independtly wealthy, if you have a "credit card" from your wealthy family and you are living on your own. same goes for CV/RESUME.

well, there's a website I'm never going back to. that layout is just offensive. and this is after after dismissing the cookies popup