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The future of customer service: the customer experience enhanced by Agentic AI

4 June 2025

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SUMMARY

Agentic AI represents the evolution of artificial intelligence toward autonomous systems capable of perception, reasoning, action and continuous learning. With capabilities to automate up to 30 percent of work hours by 2030, this technology is redefining the customer service paradigm through predictive personalization, omnichannel orchestration, and strategic human-machine collaboration.

The customer service landscape is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. While traditional chatbots simply answered questions, the new era of Agentic AI introduces intelligent agents capable of sophisticated reasoning, interactive planning, and autonomous multi-step complex problem solving. These are no longer simply automated responses, but true digital assistants that continuously perceive, reason, act and learn. This technological revolution is completely redefining consumers “expectations and companies” operational possibilities, opening up unprecedented scenarios where artificial intelligence does not replace the human element, but enhances it in extraordinary ways to create next-generation customer-centric experiences.

Agentic AI: the new frontier of autonomous artificial intelligence

Agentic AI represents an evolutionary leap from traditional generative AI, characterized by the ability to act autonomously to complete complex tasks without continuous human intervention. Unlike generative systems that merely create content in response to specific prompts, Agentic AI is action-oriented: it analyzes situations, formulates strategies, and performs specific tasks to achieve predefined goals, dynamically adapting to changes in the operating environment.

The term “Agentic” comes precisely from the ability of these systems to act as true autonomous agents, combining advanced large language models (LLMs) with algorithms of machine learning, enterprise automation and systemic integration capabilities. This probabilistic, highly adaptive technology differs from traditional deterministic systems such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) that follow fixed rules and predefined outcomes.

The operational process: perception, reasoning, action and learning

Agentic AI operates through a process structured in four basic steps that determine its effectiveness and autonomy:

  • Perception (Perceive): AI agents collect and process data from multiple sources such as sensors, databases, and digital interfaces, extracting meaningful features and identifying relevant entities in the operating environment.
  • Reasoning (Reason): a large language model acts as an orchestrator or reasoning engine, understanding tasks, generating solutions and coordinating specialized models for specific functions such as content creation, visual processing or recommendation systems.
  • Action (Act): through integration with external tools and software via API, the Agentic AI quickly executes tasks based on formulated plans, with built-in guardrails to ensure proper execution of tasks.
  • Learning (Learn): the system continuously improves through a feedback loop or “data flywheel,” where data generated from interactions are fed back into the system to enhance the models and increase their effectiveness over time.

This cyclic, self-improving approach distinguishes Agentic AI from any previous technology, creating systems that not only perform tasks but constantly evolve their operational capabilities. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology allows agents to access proprietary data sources, ensuring accurate and contextually relevant outputs.

How Agentic AI radically transforms the customer experience

Agentic AI’s impact on the customer experience goes far beyond improving operational efficiency: it is creating an entirely new paradigm of customer-business interaction. These intelligent systems do not just handle standard requests, but anticipate customer needs, orchestrate complex multi-departmental processes, and create hyper-personalized experiences that adapt in real time to individual specifics.
The real revolution lies in the ability to turn every touchpoint into a value-added opportunity, where autonomous AI strategically collaborates with specialized human capital to generate superior results.

Innovative ways of implementation in customer care

The application of Agentic AI in customer service is articulated through innovative approaches that revolutionize the entire customer support ecosystem:

Autonomous multi-step management: AI agents can now manage complex processes that require multiple operational steps, automatically coordinating across multiple business systems-CRM, ERP, supply chain management-while maintaining control of the entire process until it is fully resolved. For example, a customer service AI agent can check a user’s balance, recommend which accounts might settle it, and autonomously complete the transaction when authorized.

Advanced predictive personalization: using sophisticated behavioral analysis models, AI agents infer customer intent, predict future needs, and offer customized solutions, operating 24/7 to ensure consistent and efficient support.
This predictive capability transforms customer service from reactive to proactive, anticipating problems before they occur.

Intelligent omnichannel orchestration: Agentic AI systems seamlessly coordinate interactions across all communication channels, maintaining conversational consistency and continuity of experience, regardless of the touchpoint used by the customer.

The competitive advantages of Agentic AI implementation

The adoption of Agentic AI solutions generates measurable benefits that directly impact critical business KPIs:

  • Operational productivity and efficiency: implementations of Agentic AI show that by 2030 AI could automate up to 30 percent of work hours, freeing up staff for more value-added strategic and creative activities. Customer service professionals report significant improvements in customer interactions, with reduced response times and increased satisfaction.
  • H24 scalability and availability: AI agents operate continuously without time or geographic limitations, automatically adapting to peak demand through dynamic scaling of computational resources.
  • Accelerated ROI and reduced costs: marketers using generative AI agents save an average of three hours per piece of content created, allowing companies to reinvest the recovered time into strategic and innovative activities.
  • Predictive Insights for Strategic Decisions: continuous analysis of interactions generates business intelligence that fuels more informed business decisions, identifying emerging trends and market opportunities ahead of competitors.

INGO solutions: technological excellence and human capital for the future of customer service

INGO remains a pioneer in the implementation of AI solutions for the customer experience, developing a unique approach that combines cutting-edge technological innovation with the strategic enhancement of specialized human capital. Participation as a sponsor and official speaker at theAI Week 2025 highlighted how much the company stands out in the Italian landscape of artificial intelligence applied to business.

The INGO philosophy concretely demonstrates how Agentic AI does not replace human expertise but enhances it, creating collaborative synergies where advanced technology and human expertise combine to generate superior value and competitive differentiation. In a scenario where Customer Experience is increasingly central to business competitiveness, INGO brings to the market a concrete vision of the integration of AI and human capital.

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