Bill Gates' daughter secures $30M for an AI app she built in Stanford dorm room

Does this really need AI?

Doesn't Google and others do this already?

Is this really a massive problem with humongous 1000x growth potential upside or an IPO?

I hope the VCs and Angels asked the serious questions and not invested because she is the daughter of the Microsoft founder.

I only wonder of the many 99.9999999% of startups were turned down by VCs of funding because "they don't know them", "they didn't go to the same school as me", "too much risk", or the infamous and vague "not now".

Alas, in this brave new world it is great to support our new underdogs.

>Its AI-powered search engine — available as an app and as a browser extension for Chrome and Safari — pulls listings from more than 40,000 retail and resale sites so users can compare prices, surface real-time deals, and determine whether an item’s cost is typical, high or fair.

So the AI part is superfluous? What part of the functionality requires AI?

> high-profile backers, drawing support from Hailey Bieber, Kris Jenner, Meta’s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

Not your typical VCs!