Phia
Phia is an AI shopping agent that finds the best price across 220,000+ retail and resale sites for fashion shoppers.
Raised $44M across disclosed rounds.[2][5][7]
Series A closed January 2026, led by Notable Capital.[2][3][9]
post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.
Named investors include Kleiner Perkins, Notable Capital, Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital, Offline Ventures, Stanford University, Kris Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Sara Blakely, Sheryl Sandberg, Michael G. Rubin, Desiree Gruber, Mark Cuban, Keith Rabois, Hans Tung, Annie Case, Khloé Kardashian, Alix Earle, Alexandre Arnault, Paris Hilton, Mindy Kaling, Jessica Alba, Sydney Sweeney, Priyanka Chopra, Karlie Kloss, Eileen Gu, Vladimir Tenev, Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Charles Porch, SV Angel.[1][2][5][6][10]
Phoebe Gates, Co-founder[1][2][3][9]
Sophia Kianni, Co-founder[1][2][3][9]
Felix Zhou, Head of Machine Learning[7][11]
Flora Li, Chief Financial Officer[7][11]
Alexander Chen, Head of Product[7][11]
Margaux Augier, Head of Marketing[7][11]
Daydream · daydream.com · Named alongside Phia in Vogue as an AI shopping startup competing on fashion taste and discovery, targeting the same consumer shopping workflow.[2]
ShopMy · shopmy.us · Named in Vogue as a competing AI affiliate platform in the same race to turn creators into merchants, overlapping with Phia's social commerce ambitions.[2]
TikTok Shop · tiktok.com · Named in Vogue as a competing platform in the AI affiliate and social commerce race, targeting the same creator-driven shopping budget.[2]
Google Shopping · google.com · Named in Vogue as a big tech competitor pushing into AI-enabled shopping tools, competing for the same consumer shopping intent and budget.[2]
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Edition 2Aug 29 2026current
Since edition 1
- Headcount 56 to 61
- Founded 2024 to 2023
- New person Alexander Chen, Head of Product
- No longer listed Miraa Shukla, Head of Operations
- No longer listed Sophia Delrosario, Design Lead
- No longer listed David A. Cibrian, Partnerships Lead
- New signal Phia's new digital closet is now live for 100% of users · Jul 2026
- New signal Phia was just featured in the App Store's 'Apps We Love' · Jun 2026
- Newly listed Is Phoebe Gates's Phia the Most Celeb-Backed Shopping Startup of All Time? · May 2026
- Newly listed Phia Raises $8 Million Seed Round Led by Kleiner Perkins To Build the AI Agent for Shopping · Sep 2025
- Sources 23 → 24 (7 new, 7 not used)
- Edition 1Jun 2 2026Earliest saved edition
Aug 2026 · vogue.com
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Phia
Phia is an AI shopping agent that finds the best price across 220,000+ retail and resale sites for fashion shoppers.