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AI + ITSM: Freshworks comprehensive guide to AI-powered IT service management
Traditional ITSM operates in a break-fix mode that prevents IT teams from delivering strategic value; modernizing requires breaking down barriers, leveraging AI, and aligning ITSM with broader business goals.
How it works
Common implementation structure
How this type of workflow is generally built, generalized across documented cases — not tied to any one vendor's stack. Click any stage to read what happens there. Specific products that implement these stages appear in “Tools commonly seen” below.
Stage 1 · AI agents handle self-service
AI agents for self-service deflect 53% of tickets at organizations that deploy them.
Tools used
Freshservice
Outcome
Organizations using AI agents for self-service deflect 53% of tickets; generative AI-powered assistants achieve a 26.55% reduction in response times; and Freshworks saved 68,042 hours by using Freshservice internally for employee service management.
Results
Time saved26.55%
Volume53%
Grounding & classification
Source type: generic use case
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