There has never been more confidence in AI’s potential to transform the contact center. Gartner estimates that by 2026, conversational AI deployments will reduce contact center agent labor costs by $80 billion globally, and by 2029, agentic AI will autonomously resolve 80% of common customer service issues without human intervention. With predictions like this, it is no wonder investments in the technology are surging. And yet the results are not matching the ambition.