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EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 9 MIN

Agentic Voice AI For Business

from What's Up with Tech? · host Evan Kirstel

Interested in being a guest? Email us at [email protected] fastest way to understand agentic AI is to stop thinking about chatbots and start thinking about outcomes. From Enterprise Connect, we sit down with RingCentral’s John Finch to talk about agentic voice AI that can handle real customer work end to end: answering the call, connecting to back-end systems, completing a transaction, confirming the result, and closing the loop without bouncing the customer between departments.We also get specific about what makes this hard and why it matters. Voice is still the most demanding channel in the contact center, and RingCentral’s view is that a strong communications layer unlocks everything else: omnichannel customer engagement, smoother handoffs, and higher containment where it actually helps the customer. From there, the CX revolution becomes orchestration. We talk about scheduling AI agents alongside human agents, tracking performance across both, and using signals like CSAT and NPS to continuously improve. The goal is not “AI replaces people,” but “AI removes the repetitive parts so humans can do higher-value work.”Healthcare raises the bar even further, so we dig into how agentic AI can validate patients, schedule appointments like imaging, and operate with strict guardrails that prevent unsafe medical advice. With templates and deep integrations, teams can deploy faster in complex environments while keeping compliance and safety in view. If you’re evaluating agentic AI, voice AI platforms, or contact center automation, you’ll walk away with a clearer picture of what’s real today and what’s coming next.Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with a CX leader on your team, and leave a review with the biggest question you have about agentic AI.Support the showMore at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

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