In February 2024, Klarna made headlines by replacing 700 customer service agents with an AI agent co-developed with OpenAI. They froze customer service hiring, saved millions in personnel costs, and created an expectation that if your brand wasn't far along in AI adoption you were falling behind.
In February 2025, Klarna's CEO made a widely-publicized reversal, saying they would be bring human customer service agents back...
What happened?!
Does this mean AI agents don't work?
Or is there something more nuanced going on here?
Join industry experts as they analyze Klarna's strategic shift from all-in on AI automation with their widely publicized AI Chatbot back to a more human-driven approach to customer service. This webinar explores the challenges:
This isn't a theoretical discussion. It's practical guidance for:
AI agents are here and actively handling customer service tasks. But the companies that thrive won't always be the ones who rush to adopt AI first - but the ones who lay the right foundation.