{"podcast":{"title":"TechCrunch Startup News","slug":"techcrunch-startup-news","podcast_index_feed_id":1382834,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/techcrunch-startup-news","website_url":"https://techcrunch.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/11509244-3615-11ee-b50a-23fc1cddb298/image/5929ae4d5ac13e34341f927785b53054.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"SpokenLayer","episode_count":3849,"summary":"Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:17:19.392076+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techcrunch-startup-news"},"episode":{"title":"Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ an AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise, plus, Oratomic to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits","slug":"phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its-100-million-fundraise-plus-oratomic-to-build-a-viable-quantum-computer-that-needs-only-20k-qubits","published_at":"2026-07-13T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techcrunch-startup-news/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its-100-million-fundraise-plus-oratomic-to-build-a-viable-quantum-computer-that-needs-only-20k-qubits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techcrunch-startup-news","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/AIRWV6736025021.mp3","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/AIRWV6736025021.mp3","summary":"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. Also, Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works. Plus, the new startup raised $300 million co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"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,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":451,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techcrunch-startup-news/episodes/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its-100-million-fundraise-plus-oratomic-to-build-a-viable-quantum-computer-that-needs-only-20k-qubits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techcrunch-startup-news/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its-100-million-fundraise-plus-oratomic-to-build-a-viable-quantum-computer-that-needs-only-20k-qubits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}