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The signal AI doesn't know it's missing. Robert Cabral's small team at Runway built AI support that handles first-contact resolution and billing decisions without adding headcount. The handoff context problem got fixed in the first week. What's still open is harder: how do you know what AI resolved without you ever seeing it? HostBrett Rush GuestRobert Cabral Now playing · Case file 003 · YouTube When Runway's AI support launched, the handoff broke almost immediately. A customer would explain their situation, get transferred to a Support Specialist, and find themselves starting from scratch. Robert Cabral's team caught it in the first week. They built a system that aggregates the full conversation, packages any attachments the customer submitted, and delivers a summary as an internal note before a Specialist opens the ticket. The team reads a summary instead of a thread. That fix landed. What's still open is quieter and harder to close. AI answered the question. The signal problem is harder to see. When every ticket came through a human, Runway's support team had informal signal built into the process. Someone would mention they'd seen three customers complaining about slow generations. Someone else would confirm. That pattern surfaced in minutes and reached the people who could act on it. With AI handling first contact, that loop broke. What AI has is a response to...
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