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Rize

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Velocity5.0

Rize bolts an MCP-powered AI chat onto your time-tracking data.

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◆Current state
Rize is an automatic time tracker, and its spring releases pushed in two directions: an MCP/AI layer that lets users query their time, profitability, and team data in plain English (in-app and in Slack), and a build-out of admin and reporting features — admin time-entry management, Group By reports, timeline notes — aimed at teams and agencies, not just solo users.
◆Where it's heading
Rize is maturing from a personal productivity tracker into a team and agency tool with billing-grade data, while wrapping that data in a conversational MCP interface. The June desktop releases folded those web features into the apps and focused on performance and stability.
◆Prediction
Expect the MCP surface to expand to more data and actions, and continued investment in admin and reporting depth as Rize leans further into team and agency use cases.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    Windows/macOS performance gains and black-screen fix

    A performance-and-stability release for the desktop apps — faster on both platforms, smaller, with the Windows black-screen bug fixed. Housekeeping that stabilizes the recent feature push.

  2. 1mo ago

    Desktop release: MCP chat, admin time entries, Group By reports

    The desktop apps catch up to the web, bundling MCP chat, admin time-entry management, Group By reporting, and Dia browser support alongside database performance work — consolidating the spring's team-and-AI features into the installed clients.

  3. 1mo ago

    Slack Agent

    Extending Rize's time-data chat into Slack lets people ask about hours and project status where they already work — a second surface for the same MCP capability.

  4. 1mo ago

    MCP Chat in Rize

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    In-app MCP chat is the directional move of Rize's spring: query your day, your team's hours, or project profitability in plain English without leaving the product.

  5. 1mo ago

    MCP: Profitability & Events Tools

    Adding profitability and granular event data to the API and MCP broadens what the new chat layer can answer — revenue per client, billable utilization — reinforcing the agency-tooling direction.

  6. 1mo ago

    Reports: Group By

    Grouping reports by client, project, task, member, or label removes a spreadsheet step for teams — incremental reporting depth that fits the move upmarket.