Zendesk sells AI or agent tooling, so it has a reason to publish flattering numbers about AI. The passage stays in the archive; read it with that in mind.
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Exact match in the Custom Agents section of the Zendesk press release, after the 'more than 1 million Custom Agent executions' sentence. Company-authored.
How to cite this passage
Zendesk, “Zendesk newsroom (the company's own press release)”, Zendesk newsroom (the company's own press release), 2026-09-14. https://www.zendesk.com/newsroom/press-releases/zendesk-introduces-specialized-ai-agents-purpose-built-for-your-business/ Archived at https://the-ai-record.com/passages/zendesk-some-seeing-automated-resolution-rates-spike-10-2026