Consumer Products & RetailHow is CarMax using AI voice agents for customer calls?
CarMax said its AI voice technology now covers 100% of inbound calls to stores and its customer experience center (The National CIO Review).

Contact center, chat, email, and self-service support.
Consumer Products & RetailCarMax said its AI voice technology now covers 100% of inbound calls to stores and its customer experience center (The National CIO Review).
Consumer Products & RetailFisher & Paykel, the premium home-appliance brand, replaced rule-based Einstein bots with an Agentforce service agent that troubleshoots by appliance model and books service.
Software, Internet & MediaAirbnb says its custom-built AI agent handles roughly a third of customer support issues in the U.S.
Software, Internet & MediaServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said AI agents now handle 90% of the company's customer service, IT service, and HR service, according to CX Foundation, which notes the company had not made layoffs.
Software, Internet & MediaPublisher Wiley piloted Salesforce Agentforce during back-to-school peak to resolve account-access and password issues and triage registration and payment questions.
Telecom & Energy UtilitiesOctopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson said AI was doing the work of 250 people at the UK energy supplier, and that AI-written customer emails delivered 80% customer satisfaction versus 65% for skilled, trained staff, as reported by Business Insider in May 2023.
Pharma, Biotech & Life SciencesBioIVT, which supplies biological specimens for pharma and diagnostic research, built 'Ivy', an Agentforce quoting agent that reads an opportunity, matches requests to 15,000+ product codes, builds the quote, and routes it to a service rep for review.
Transportation & LogisticsAir India's AI.g agent, built on Azure OpenAI, answers customer questions such as baggage and pet policies.
Banking & Financial ServicesBank of America's AI-driven virtual financial assistant Erica has surpassed 3 billion client interactions, assisting nearly 50 million users since launch and averaging more than 58 million interactions a month.
Professional Services1-800Accountant deployed Agentforce for 24/7 client support during tax season, answering questions such as tax return status using CRM data and IRS public sources.
Banking & Financial ServicesKlarna's OpenAI-powered assistant had 2.3 million conversations in its first month, two-thirds of Klarna's customer service chats, which Klarna equated to the work of 700 full-time agents.
Consumer Products & RetailWeightWatchers built a member-care AI agent with Sierra, first tested in its mobile app on a small share of traffic, then expanded.
Banking & Financial ServicesZayZoon, an earned wage access fintech, uses Fin for support.
Professional ServicesThe World Economic Forum used Salesforce Agentforce to answer attendee questions on sessions, venues, and shuttles at its Annual Meeting.
Consumer Products & RetailWHOOP uses Fin for pre-purchase questions that often waited 10+ hours for a reply.
Consumer Products & RetailVivid Seats uses a Sierra AI agent for fan support.
Software, Internet & MediaVanta replaced an AI tool that deflected around 45% of chats with Intercom's Fin, which resolved roughly 73% of cases in testing.
Banking & Financial ServicesValon, a mortgage servicer, uses Decagon voice AI on inbound calls.
Consumer Products & RetailUnderdog, a sports gaming company, faced support spikes of 7,000+ conversations in 48 hours on big game weekends.
Consumer Products & RetailTrendyol runs a seller chatbot, a legal AI assistant in Slack, and a search relevancy agent on n8n.
Software, Internet & MediaTeachable (100,000 creators, nearly 40 million students) uses Fin for round-the-clock support.
Software, Internet & MediaSynthesia's monthly support-seeking customers rose from 40,000 to 316,000 in four months.
Banking & Financial ServicesSwyftx, an Australian crypto exchange, uses Fin for support.
Software, Internet & MediaSubstack (35 million+ active subscriptions) uses a Decagon AI agent for user support.
Hospitals & Health SystemsSouthwest General (Ohio) deployed HOPE, a Notable AI voice assistant, to answer inbound insurance FAQ calls 24/7 during payer contract negotiations.
Consumer Products & Retail[solidcore] piloted Fin on voice after hours and in a few locations.
Telecom & Energy UtilitiesSoftBank's corporate business uses a Sierra AI agent for small-business customer inquiries.
Banking & Financial ServicesSoFi (13.7 million members) uses a Sierra AI agent for member support.
Telecom & Energy UtilitiesSingtel uses a Sierra AI agent for mobile and home troubleshooting and roaming sign-ups.
Software, Internet & MediaSimplePractice, practice-management software used by therapists and other clinicians, uses Decagon AI agents for support.
Banking & Financial ServicesSend Payments built interconnected Relevance AI agents for 24/7 customer service and compliance tasks.
Consumer Products & RetailScottsMiracle-Gro uses a Sierra AI agent for consumer questions.
Banking & Financial ServicesRocket Mortgage grew a Sierra AI agent from a proof of concept to more than 400,000 successful chat conversations and over one million outbound dials each month, per Sierra.
Banking & Financial ServicesRocket Money uses Fin for member support.
Software, Internet & MediaRippling added Decagon AI agents to chat and email.
Hospitals & Health SystemsR1 RCM, which runs revenue cycle operations for health systems, is testing a Sierra AI agent on incoming patient calls.
Banking & Financial ServicesQonto's AI agents draft bank transfers, invoices, and pay slips for small-business customers, who approve before anything is sent.
Transportation & LogisticsPhilippine Airlines deployed a Sierra voice agent in a contact center handling close to two million inbound calls a year.
Software, Internet & MediaPersonio (16,000 customer companies) uses Fin for support.
Consumer Products & RetailPeddle, an online car-selling marketplace, uses Fin for customer support.
Professional ServicesPaychex uses a Sierra agent for transactional payroll calls such as entering hours.
Hospitals & Health SystemsOviva, a digital health provider for weight-related conditions, uses Salesforce Agentforce trained on its FAQs as first-level patient support.
Consumer Products & RetailNuuly, URBN's clothing rental subscription, used Fin to handle support through 40% growth in a year without continually hiring.
Hospitals & Health SystemsNuman, a UK digital health company, uses Fin for patient support.
Software, Internet & MediaNotion uses Decagon AI agents across about one million customer inquiries a year.
Consumer Products & RetailNoom uses Decagon AI agents for member support.
Consumer Products & RetailMPB, a used camera gear marketplace, uses Fin globally.
Medical Devices & Diagnostics (MedTech)Medtronic runs voice-first AI agents built with Teneo.ai for device support, sales enablement, and internal HR/IT/legal help across 135 countries.
Consumer Products & RetailL'Oréal uses Agentforce for order-status support and in the service console, where agentic AI summarizes cases, drafts emails, and validates intent for advisors.
Consumer Products & RetailPoint-of-sale company Lightspeed rolled out Intercom's Fin AI agent across a multi-region, multilingual contact center.
Banking & Financial ServicesKalshi, whose support volume grew from 30,000 tickets in 2024 toward a projected two million by end of 2026, uses Fin.
Software, Internet & MediaImpel, which builds AI for auto dealers, uses Claude-based agent workflows for rep training and account work.
Banking & Financial ServicesIG Group uses Fin for customer support.
Consumer Products & RetailHunter Douglas uses Decagon AI agents across markets.
Software, Internet & MediaHubSpot uses Claude, including Claude Code, across engineering and customer success.
Consumer Products & RetailHomeworks moved from keyword-rule bots that resolved only 20 to 30% of chats to Intercom's Fin.
Medical Devices & Diagnostics (MedTech)Henry Schein Australia, a dental and medical supply distributor, deployed Salesforce Agentforce for customer chats, most of which were order questions.
Software, Internet & MediaGoFundMe built a Sierra AI agent that coaches fundraising organizers.
Software, Internet & MediaGlean uses Fin across its help center, developer docs, community, and support portal.
Software, Internet & MediaGamma, with a user base past 50 million, uses Fin on all inbound support.
Banking & Financial ServicesFundrise uses Fin for investor support.
Software, Internet & MediaFIFA deployed an Agentforce FAQ agent for journalists, broadcasters, and photographers at the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Banking & Financial ServicesDXC Technology, which runs core insurance systems for 1,100 customers, brought Claude into its Assure orchestration platform.
Software, Internet & MediaDaySmart added Fin to cover support outside fixed hours.
Software, Internet & MediaDatabox uses Fin for customer support.
Hospitals & Health SystemsCurology, a D2C prescription skincare company that has treated nearly 6 million patients, uses Decagon AI agents for support.
Software, Internet & MediaConsensys, maker of MetaMask, uses Fin for support.
Software, Internet & MediaClay uses Fin across multiple support channels.
Consumer Products & RetailClassPass deployed Decagon AI agents in chat.
Hospitals & Health SystemsCircle Medical, a virtual primary care provider, uses Intercom's Fin AI agent for patient support.
Banking & Financial ServicesChime uses Decagon voice AI agents for member calls.
Hospitals & Health SystemsCatholic Health deployed Notable voice AI for MyChart support calls that had relied on outsourced live agents.
Software, Internet & MediaBloomerang uses Fin on all support conversations.
Software, Internet & MediaAppFolio (20,000+ customers) uses Fin for support.
Software, Internet & MediaAnthropic chose to buy rather than build, deploying Intercom's Fin (powered by Claude) for customer support.
Software, Internet & MediaAirtable launched a Sierra agent on chat within four weeks and on email seven days later.
Consumer Products & Retail1-800-Flowers.com piloted Decagon AI agents for customer service.
Medical Devices & Diagnostics (MedTech)KARL STORZ, the German endoscopy maker, is rolling out Salesforce Agentforce Sales and CPQ globally and presented its experience with AI agents for its sales and service teams at MedtecLIVE 2026.
Pharma, Biotech & Life SciencesAUM BioTech's CEO, with no prior coding experience, built lead-gen forms and a support chatbot on Salesforce and is finishing an Agentforce SDR agent to respond to thousands of conference leads, score them, book meetings, and hand top leads to human reps.
Hospitals & Health SystemsSutter Health (25 hospitals, 3.5 million patients) is working with Sierra on AI agents for patient engagement.
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