The Industry Shift That Will Reshape Customer Support
Something strange is happening inside customer support teams On the surface, nothing looks broken. Tickets are being answered Agents are working Tools are in place But beneath that… Something is changing. Not slowly. Quietly. The signals are already here (most people are ignoring them) 88% of contact centers are already using AI in some form But only 25% have actually integrated it into real workflows At the same time: 80% of routine interactions are expected to be handled by AI And conversational AI is projected to save $80 billion in labor costs This creates a strange situation: Everyone is adopting AI… but very few are transforming how support actually works. This is exactly where industries shift Not when technology appears. But when: The operating model changes The old model of customer support For decades, support worked like this: Customer raises an issue Ticket is created Agent responds Issue is resolved Everything was: Re...