Pianpian Xu Guthrie, Founder & CEO of Amotions AI – Bringing Real-Time Emotional Intelligence to the Workplace | TiE Women’s Program Silicon Valley 2025
At the TiE Women’s Program – Silicon Valley, we highlight women founders using AI to elevate the human experience at work. Pianpian Xu Guthrie, Founder & CEO of Amotions AI, is leading this movement by reimagining how emotional intelligence is understood, coached, and applied in real time — starting with sales and customer success teams.
The Problem
Human interactions drive business outcomes — especially in revenue teams. But emotional intelligence (EQ) can vary widely from person to person.
Teams struggle with:
- Lost deals due to misread tone or intent
- Customer frustration that could’ve been avoided
- Coaching that comes after the moment has passed
Traditional sales enablement is reactive. Real change requires real-time guidance.
Amotions AI’s Solution
Amotions AI is a real-time emotional intelligence platform that acts as an emotionally intelligent teammate during live interactions.
The platform:
- Analyzes tone, sentiment, and conversational dynamics in real time
- Provides on-call guidance to improve clarity, empathy, and responsiveness
- Enables AI roleplay for training and skill-building
- Directly increases conversion rates and customer satisfaction
This is EQ not as theory — but as actionable, moment-by-moment support.
Why It Matters
In customer-facing roles, emotional intelligence is often the difference between:
- A closed deal or a lost opportunity
- A renewal or a churn
- A loyal customer or a frustrated one
Amotions AI turns emotional awareness into a repeatable, coachable, scalable system — one that empowers every team member to show up with confidence and clarity.
With:
- 6 paying customers already
- A $4M+ ARR potential pipeline
- And a founding team from Yale, GoDaddy, Amazon, Ticketmaster, and Demandbase
Amotions AI is proving both product value and market demand.
About the Founder
Pianpian Xu Guthrie combines behavioral science, software design, and go-to-market leadership to solve one of the most human problems in business: how we communicate.
Her work reflects exactly what the TiE Women’s Program seeks to elevate: Innovation that doesn’t replace human connection — it strengthens it.
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- Expert-led masterclasses
- 1:1 mentorship
- Access to investors and industry networks
- Pitch opportunities
When women lead AI innovation, technology becomes more human, more empathetic, and more impactful.
Watch Pianpian’s Pitch
👉 Watch Pianpian present Amotions AI’s vision for emotionally intelligent business interactions at the TiE Women’s Silicon Valley: