Using AI to Build Human Connection | Rebecca Metters of Gythr, Gauntlet AI, and Black is Tech

Rebecca Metters doesn't vibe code. She calls what she does directed intelligence: using AI to build real products while understanding every line it changes. It's how she built Gythr, an all in one platform for event organizers, without a technical background. On this episode of Five Seats, Dr. Kelsy Vick sits down with Rebecca, founder of Gythr, COO of Black is Tech, and part of the team at Gauntlet AI, to talk about using AI to build human connection. Rebecca shares why she built Gythr so she could finally experience the rooms she was creating, and how she turned conference data into a Spotify Wrapped for attendees. She also walks through the AI helpers that keep her honest in her personal life, like a workout tracker that won't show her morning reports until she logs a workout, and a bot named Martha who tells her to stop spending money. You'll also learn her step by step method for building an AI voice profile, so your drafts actually sound like you and not like a corporate email. We also get into why she refuses to believe anything is ever "enough," why curiosity matters more than knowledge, and why you can't shape where AI goes from the sidelines. Then Rebecca fills the five seats at her own dinner party, from the family who taught her to always stay and help clean up to the female founders who showed her how to show up as herself. Five Seats is a dinner party style interview series from By Maven Media, where ambitious women share how they earned their seat in the room and who they'd want at their own table. New episodes every Tuesday. Connect with Rebecca: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccametters/ Gythr: https://www.gythr.com/ Resources: Grok Bot: https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot WhisprFlow: https://wisprflow.ai/ Granola: https://www.granola.ai/ Welcome to the dinner party! Five Seats Instagram Dr. Kelsy Vick Instagram Youtube Tiktok Smart Girl Newspaper