The backbone of any successful agentic solution is good, human management
Maximilian Aoki
Can AI Resolve Support Tickets End to End? Yes, With Conditions
Deflection is not resolution. What it takes for AI to close support tickets end to end: grounding, actions, and controlled escalation, with real resolution rates from Tico and Trilogy.
Generative AI for Customer Service: What Works and What Breaks
A practitioner's guide to generative AI for customer service: the real use cases, the honest failure modes, and how to deploy it safely with grounding.
Customer Service Metrics and KPIs: What to Track in 2026
A grouped, usable guide to customer service metrics and KPIs, with formulas and the AI-era metrics (deflection vs resolution) the standard lists miss.
AI Customer Service Software: How It Works and How to Choose
What AI customer service software is, how it works, and seven criteria for choosing a tool, from resolution vs deflection to model control, data ownership, and cost.
The Best Fin Alternatives for Enterprise Customer Support in 2026
Salesforce just acquired Fin (formerly Intercom). Here are the best Fin and Intercom alternatives for enterprise customer support, and how to choose.
Human-Agent Handoff: Best Enterprise AI Customer Service Platforms (2026)
Voiceflow, Fin, Ada, and Sierra compared on how they hand off to human agents, what a good handoff requires, and how each one is priced.