How Writer is helping Fortune 500 companies become AI-forward (with CEO May Habib) | Pioneers of AI

As AI becomes a bigger part of the modern workplace, more companies are integrating agents into their workflows, redefining how employees and technology collaborate. At the forefront of this shift is Writer, a company deploying AI agents to take on time consuming tasks, from analyzing customer feedback to drafting business proposals. In this episode of Pioneers of AI, Writer’s co-founder and CEO May Habib joins us to explore the rise of human-AI collaboration, why Writer built its own foundational model, and how she’s leading one of Silicon Valley’s most disruptive AI companies. 00:00 - Introducing May Habib 02:21 - May’s journey to tech 03:41 - What is Writer? 07:29 - What working alongside AI agents looks like 10:08 - How Writer onboards customers 12:49 - The shift from SEO to AI-powered search 13:46 - The best practices for becoming AI-first 16:25 - The new jobs AI is creating 17:58 - Writer’s competitive moat 19:50 - The LLMs behind Writer’s products 22:55 - How Writer generates synthetic data 24:29 - Why Writer does not use their clients’ data 24:42 - May’s perspective on AI and jobs 29:46 - What keeps May up at night 30:25 - Being human in the age of AI 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pioneers-of-ai/id1763085968 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gbpjgcqJ40rtPrHnXeOWG 💻 LEARN MORE Our website: https://www.pioneersof.ai/ ⚡JOIN OUR COMMUNITY LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pioneersofai/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pioneersofai Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pioneersofai X: https://twitter.com/pioneersofAI TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@pioneersofai 💡ABOUT US Pioneers of AI is your guide to the latest technological frontier. Each week, host Rana el Kaliouby (AI scientist, investor, author, co-founder of Affectiva) is joined by the leading creators, critics, and thinkers behind mind-blowing technology and asks the important questions about how artificial intelligence is changing the way we live. As we venture together into the unknown, Pioneers is your tool to understanding and anticipating what comes next.