July 20, 2026

At VB Transform 2026, Zillow's engineering chief said AI ROI numbers only hold up if you measure before you build

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Zillow, the real estate technology company, doesn't get one conversation with its customers. They move from a phone screen to a loan officer to a real estate agent, sometimes over months or years, and expect the context to follow them. A single...