The Rant Podcast
The Rant Podcast
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
What If Every Student Had 24/7 Support. Developing a Digital Workforce with Ruben Harris & Timur Meyster
38 minutes Posted Jul 1, 2026 at 8:00 am.
Welcome And Why Digital Workforce
Meet Outrival And The Mission
Career Karma Lessons From Real Calls
Selling AI As A Digital Worker
Use Cases That Move Retention
Measuring Student Experience And Impact
Training And Managing Digital Workers
Standing Out In A Crowded AI Market
Making AI Work With Limited Capacity
Helping Schools Own The Platform
The New Normal Podcast Series
Five-Year Vision For Personalization
Closing Thoughts And Subscribe
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Send us Fan Mail AI in higher education is everywhere right now, but most of what schools hear is theory, hype, or another vendor promise. We wanted something more concrete, so I sat down with Ruben Harris and Timur Meyster, co-founders of Outrival (and previously Career Karma), to talk about what it looks like to deploy a real “digital workforce” that supports students at scale without pushing humans out of the loop. We get specific about outbound AI agents that call and text proactively ac...