Zendesk launches specialized AI agents for industry, custom customer service workflows

• Zendesk launched Specialized AI Agents to automate up to 80% of service workflows, aiming to lift productivity and reduce support costs.
• Industry-focused agents start in commerce, targeting higher conversion and retention through faster issue resolution across shopping, orders, returns.
• Custom agents broaden the addressable market by letting customers tailor automation to proprietary policies, approvals, and operations without replacing platforms.
• Cross-platform deployment in Zendesk, Salesforce, ServiceNow strengthens competitive positioning by embedding Zendesk automation inside existing enterprise service stacks.
• Early usage signals traction, with over 1 million custom-agent executions in seven weeks; some customers reported a 10% lift in automated resolution.

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