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Want to get Agentic AI-Ready? Start With a Customer Data Platform<\/h1>\n
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In our last blog, we discussed the ways that a Customer Data Platform (CDP) can elevate and transform your business operations, putting your data to work to generate tangible value. In this blog, we\u2019re going to look to the future, to explore how a CDP can prepare your business for the challenges of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Agentic AI is the next big thing for Customer Experience (CX). Essentially, the term \u2018Agentic\u2019 refers to AI that can draw on contextual data to coordinate resources and respond to challenges without the need for human involvement. In Agentic systems, humans lead and oversee, but it\u2019s the AI agents that plan and execute tasks. In the contact center, that\u2019s the difference between having to speak to a human and delivering complete, seamless self-service.<\/p>\n

But real Agentic AI is still a long way off. Gartner predicts that, as of 2025, 40% of Agentic AI projects will fail to get off the ground.<\/a> And a key reason for this is data.<\/p>\n

AI runs on data \u2013 it shapes everything about the way a Large Language Model (LLM) behaves. In the contact center, that\u2019s even more critical. If your AI isn\u2019t hyper-personalized\u2014delivering the same quality and knowledge as a human could\u2014your customers are going to run a mile. Your expensive chatbot is going to become an enormous cost sink. To avoid wasting your AI investment, you need to lay the data foundations.<\/p>\n

And that begins with the Customer Data Platform.<\/p>\n

Want to learn more about how to get the most from your data? Download our whitepaper: Data First: Your Essential Guide to the Customer Data Platform<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Laying the Foundations for Agentic with a Customer Data Platform<\/h2>\n

As established, a Customer Data Platform is more than just another system of record. It sits above systems of record, unifying data streams into a single location and format for ease of access. A CDP is a system of action<\/em>, coordinating activity in response to the information it receives. A CDP does more than just coordinate activity though, it orchestrates<\/em> data from different sources to support exceptional service.<\/p>\n

Data is critical to AI models, but unstructured data is worse than useless. Training takes time and care, and the outcomes you get out will only be as good as the data you put in.<\/p>\n

This is the first critical role of the CDP in building the Agentic future: laying the data foundations.<\/em><\/p>\n