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Practical guides, industry research, and product updates on AI customer support: how to resolve more questions inside your product.

Conversational Support AI Isn't the Whole Job
FeaturedIndustry · 5 min
Conversational Support AI Isn't the Whole Job
Conversational support AI can answer questions fluently, but most tickets need an action taken, not just a sentence generated.
In-App Customer Support: What It Actually Fixes
Support · 5 min
In-App Customer Support: What It Actually Fixes
In-app customer support cuts context-switching and resolves issues where they happen, but only if it can see the screen and act, not just chat.
Intercom Fin Alternative: What to Look For
Thesis · 5 min
Intercom Fin Alternative: What to Look For
A practical, data-informed look at what actually matters when evaluating an Intercom Fin alternative for AI customer support.
AI Ticket Deflection: What the Metric Actually Hides
Industry · 5 min
AI Ticket Deflection: What the Metric Actually Hides
AI ticket deflection rate tells you how many people stopped asking, not how many got helped, and the difference is where support teams get burned.
Reduce Support Tickets: What Actually Works
Support · 5 min
Reduce Support Tickets: What Actually Works
A data-informed look at why deflection metrics mislead support teams, and what genuinely reduces support tickets instead of just hiding them.
Chatbase Alternative: What Actually Matters
Industry · 5 min
Chatbase Alternative: What Actually Matters
A data-informed look at what a real chatbase alternative needs to do beyond answering questions in a chat window.
Customer Onboarding Automation, Done Right
Product · 5 min
Customer Onboarding Automation, Done Right
A data-informed look at why most customer onboarding automation stalls at day one, and what actually reduces early churn and tickets.
AI Help Desk: What the Data Actually Shows
Industry · 5 min
AI Help Desk: What the Data Actually Shows
A data-informed look at ticket volume, deflection vs resolution, and where most AI help desks quietly fail to close the loop.
The Four Jobs Every Real AI Support Agent Has to Do
Product · 5 min
The Four Jobs Every Real AI Support Agent Has to Do
Most tools that call themselves an AI support agent only do one of the four jobs the role actually requires.
What an AI Chatbot Should Do, Not Just Say
Support · 4 min
What an AI Chatbot Should Do, Not Just Say
Most "customer service AI chatbot" products are still just chat with better grammar — here's what to actually demand from one.
What Customer Support Automation Really Means
Support · 4 min
What Customer Support Automation Really Means
Most customer support automation just automates the apology — here's what it looks like when it automates the actual resolution.
How to Judge an AI Customer Support Agent Before You Buy One
Support · 4 min
How to Judge an AI Customer Support Agent Before You Buy One
A practical checklist for evaluating an AI customer support agent beyond the demo, based on what actually breaks in production.
AI Customer Service Should Do Things, Not Just Say Things
Support · 5 min
AI Customer Service Should Do Things, Not Just Say Things
Most AI customer service tools are really just chat with a search index behind it — here's what changes when the AI can actually act.
Why Most AI Customer Support Tools Are Optimized to Lie to You
Support · 4 min
Why Most AI Customer Support Tools Are Optimized to Lie to You
Deflection rate is the wrong number for AI customer support — here's what we track instead and why it changes how the agent behaves.

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