90% of companies say AI central to loyalty
A 2025 survey found 90% of companies say AI is central to customer loyalty, yet loyalty drops sharply when customers discover they are talking to a bot.
Snapshot · The MongoDB Podcast
Don't Build Your Own AI (Unless You Have To)
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Mar 6, 2026
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Zendesk's Three AI Product Shifts and Their Results
At 12:51 · chapter starts 11:37
Akshaya walks through the three shifts that define Zendesk's AI-first redesign. The first is intelligent triage: what once required human review now happens in seconds, getting customers materially closer to resolution faster. The second is the move from macros — rigid, rule-based automations — to Copilots that provide dynamic, context-aware guidance to agents in real time. The third is workforce management, where load balancing and staffing optimisation become fully automated rather than siloed in a contact centre operation. The results speak loudly: in extreme cases, early adopters have cut email handle time by 92% and slashed customer question response time by 74%. [1] — Akshaya Murthy "92% email handle time reduction: Early Zendesk AI adopters cut email handle time by 92% using intelligent triage and routing powered by AI." 09:56 The through-line, Akshaya stresses, is a fundamental reframe: Zendesk has moved from building better ticketing software to delivering measurable business outcomes for customers.
Customer Expectations Have Crossed a New Threshold
Customer expectations have shifted from 'soon' to 'now'. They want instant resolution, full context of their history, and service that feels human — even if it's AI. Fail any one of those three and you've already lost them.
Buy Before You Build: The Case for AI Integration
Building AI from scratch is losing the argument in most enterprises. Integration wins on speed-to-market, TCO, and talent access — and you'd need months to years plus massive CapEx to match what you can get up and running in two weeks.
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