Insurer Guardian hands 1 million dental calls a year to Sierra’s AI agents
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Handing 1 million dental verification and claims calls to Sierra’s agents is a concrete volume test of AI in regulated customer ops. If this holds, insurers and TPAs will have to justify why humans still handle high-frequency, low-complexity calls instead of supervising AI workflows.
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