


In 2026, support means handing agents an Autonomous Fleet. We’ve replaced soul-crushing tasks with the power to curate outcomes and orchestrate high-level intelligence
In 2026, support means handing agents an Autonomous Fleet. We’ve replaced soul-crushing tasks with the power to curate outcomes and orchestrate high-level intelligence
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Clayton Panzeri
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What
Clayton Panzeri
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How Leaders Should Adopt AI in Customer Support?
How Leaders Should Adopt AI in Customer Support?
Listen, in 2026, 'supporting the agent' doesn't mean giving them a better chatbot; it means handing them the keys to an Autonomous Fleet. The real hot take is that we've finally killed the soul-crushing 'search and copy-paste' era by transforming agents into Master Prompt Architects and Logical Guardians who don't 'handle' tickets—they curate outcomes. Ease of use is no longer about a slick UI; it’s about the Death of the Blank Page, where the AI has already pre-digested the customer’s chaotic logs, mapped their emotional volatility, and built a bespoke solution for the agent to simply 'bless' or 'pivot.' We aren't just helping them work faster; we’re enabling them to perform Creative Surgery on the messiest 1% of human problems, moving the metric of success from 'How many did you close?' to 'How much intelligence did you orchestrate today?'"
All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.

Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI

AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.

Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak

AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.

Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom

AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.

Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard

AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.

Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin

AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.

Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess

All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.

Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI

AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.

Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak

AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.

Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom

AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.

Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard

AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.

Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin

AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.

Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess

All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.

Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI

AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.

Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak

AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.

Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom

AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.

Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard

AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.

Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin

AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.

Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess

All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.

Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI

AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.

Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak

AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.

Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom

AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.

Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard

AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.

Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin

AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.

Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess

All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.

Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI

AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.

Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak

AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.

Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom

AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.

Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard

AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.

Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin

AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.

Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess














