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Klarna reduces Time to Resolution by 10X with ElevenAgents

Klarna's growing call volume was dominated by informational requests that required customers to queue for a human agent, increasing wait times and operational load despite being straightforward to resolve.

How it works
Common implementation structure
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Stage 1 · Customer calls phone support
Customers call Klarna's phone support line expecting fast, intuitive support.
Tools used
ElevenAgentsElevenLabs
Outcome

Klarna's voice AI agent resolves customer queries up to 10x faster, reduces phone queues for simple requests, and frees human agents to focus on complex cases, with the solution live for all 35 million US customers.

Results
Time savedup to 10x faster
VolumeReduce phone queues for simple, high-volume requests
Source

https://elevenlabs.io/blog/klarna

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Source type: vendor customer story
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