She Sold Her First AI Company to Google in 2009. Now She Is Fixing How Teams Work.

This week we sat down with Jennifer Dulski, CEO and founder of Rising Team, to demo the AI leadership platform that acts as a personal trainer for your effectiveness at work. Jen spent 10 years at Yahoo, then Google, then Facebook, ran Change.org for five years, and sold her first AI company to Google in 2009. That company now powers the review insights inside Google Maps. She also teaches at Stanford GSB.Rising Team's AI coach RT does not give generic leadership advice. It knows your team. It knows that Tom likes direct feedback and Debbie needs encouragement first. And it helps you practice the conversation before you have it.We also got into why Apple Intelligence took too long, why AI memory still feels creepy to some people, and why the best AI features are the ones you never notice. We cover: What Rising Team is and how the AI coach RT works Why 70 percent of AI transformations fail because of people not technology How RT learns your team individually and personalizes every conversation Why every executive gets a coach and every frontline manager gets nothing Why the engagement survey is dying and what is replacing it in real time The privacy guardrails built into RT and EU AI Act compliance Jen's first AI company in 2009 — DealMap, sold to Google, now inside Google Maps Why Apple Intelligence took so long and whether it matters anymore The AI memory debate — helpful or creepy Why the best AI features are the ones you never have to turn on If you are building with AI, managing a team, or want to understand where workplace AI is heading, this episode is for you. Find Jen and Rising Team: Website: risingteam.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jdulski New episodes every Friday at BuiltThisWeek.com TIMESTAMPS [00:00] Intro [01:11] Meet Jen — CEO and founder of Rising Team [01:44] From high school teacher to Yahoo, Google, Facebook, and Stanford GSB [02:27] What Rising Team is at the highest level [02:47] Why coaching never scaled past the executive level [03:40] How Rising Team started in 2020 [04:03] DealMap — her first AI company, sold to Google, now inside Google Maps [05:18] How Rising Team evolved from team building software to AI coach [05:55] How RT knows your team individually [06:31] Live demo — RT in action [07:00] Why 70 percent of AI transformations fail because of people [07:24] The science of high performing teams has not changed [08:12] What a session with RT actually looks like [10:00] Real-time anonymized insights for executives [14:21] Why the engagement survey is dying [14:48] Real insights from enterprise customers [15:36] Privacy guardrails and EU AI Act compliance [16:43] News — Apple Intelligence, Siri, and why it took too long [18:28] The AI memory debate [20:06] The best AI features are the ones you never notice [21:00] Where to find Jen and Rising Team [21:42] Wrap up #AI #Leadership #RisingTeam #FutureOfWork #BuildWithAI #BuiltThisWeek #TeamManagement #AICoach #Apple #HR