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Rize ships a Slack agent and in-app MCP chat — time data becomes a conversation, not a dashboard.

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◆Current state
Rize's last two weeks are a coordinated push to make time data accessible by conversation. A Slack Agent lets users query hours, team time, and project status from inside Slack; an in-app MCP Chat does the same inside the Rize web app; and the underlying MCP/API surface picked up profitability and granular event tools so an AI assistant can answer revenue-per-client and billable-utilization questions. Alongside that, the v3.0.7 release bundles Timeline Notes, admin time entry management, Group By in reports, Dia browser support, and database performance work.
◆Where it's heading
Rize is positioning itself as a queryable data plane rather than a tracker you log into. The UI features still ship (Group By, Notes, admin tooling), but the directional bets are all about reaching users where the conversation already happens — Slack today, MCP-compatible tools generally. Profitability and event data joining MCP is the signal that this isn't just a search-your-hours toy; it's a finance-facing surface.
◆Prediction
Expect a Teams agent to follow the Slack one, and forecasting/anomaly-style MCP tools built on the new events stream — the kind of thing that turns 'what did I do' into 'where am I likely to overrun.'

◆Recent moves

  1. 26d ago

    v3.0.7 rollup: MCP, Slack Agent, Group By, perf

    Version 3.0.7 bundles the recent MCP and agent work together with admin time entry management, Timeline Notes, Group By, Dia browser support, and database performance improvements. As a rollup it's significant mostly because of what's already in it; the directional pieces (Slack Agent, MCP Chat) are tracked separately.

  2. 28d ago

    Slack Agent

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    Rize Slack Agent lets users ask about their own hours, the team's time, and project status from inside Slack. Most directional move in this batch — Rize is putting its data behind an agent surface inside another product's app, not driving users back to its own UI.

  3. 1mo ago

    MCP Chat in Rize

    MCP Chat brings the same conversational surface into the Rize web app itself, so users can ask about their day, team hours, or project profitability without leaving the product. The in-app counterpart to the Slack Agent — making sure existing users don't have to leave for the new interaction model.

  4. 1mo ago

    MCP: Profitability & Events Tools

    API and MCP surface now expose profitability data and tracking events, so an AI assistant can answer revenue-per-client, billable-utilization, and granular activity questions. The substrate move that the Slack Agent and MCP Chat both rely on — without these tools, the conversational surface would be limited to hours-only queries.

  5. 1mo ago

    Reports: Group By

    Reports now support grouping by client, project, task, team member, or label without exporting to a spreadsheet. Tablestakes for a reporting surface — closes a friction point that previously sent users to Excel for breakdowns the product should have answered itself.

  6. 1mo ago

    Timeline Notes

    Time entries can now carry notes — context on what was worked on, why something ran long, or messages for an admin. Notes flow through to reports and exports. Small but useful; turns the timesheet into something with a narrative layer rather than just durations.