Latest Zendesk News & Updates
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AI-powered customer and employee service platform
zendesk.com- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded year
- 2007
- Company type
- Private company
- Number of employees
- 7,000–10,000
Last updated
Latest news about Zendesk
In short: Zendesk accelerated its AI-driven service strategy by acquiring Forethought and launching new agentic tools to improve customer resolution times.
Company announcements
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Zendesk launches Agentic AI for Email
It treats email as a resolution engine, boosting automated resolution rates by reasoning through complex emails and executing procedures autonomously.
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Zendesk powers GitHub's employee service
It handles over 60K monthly tickets with 98% new-hire CSAT using unified platform, automation, and integrations.
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Zendesk implements continuous AI security evaluations
The process uses adversarial simulations, support-specific tests, and a virtuous cycle of improvements to ensure AI agents remain secure against evolving threats.
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Zendesk releases May 2026 updates
Introduces Launchpad in Support, AI agent automation reports, unified navigation, and enhancements across AI, security, messaging, and analytics.
Media coverage
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Google Warns of New Campaign Targeting BPOs to Steal Corporate Data
Tracked as UNC6783, the threat actor is likely linked to Mr. Raccoon, the hacker behind the alleged theft of Adobe data from a BPO.
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(PMZN) Data Breach Alert: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Investigates Hims & Hers, Inc. Data Breach
Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national class action law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and California. Beyond data breach litigation, our attorneys handle class and...
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Zendesk Onboards Bikram Mazumdar as VP – Asia to Drive Next Phase of AI-Led Growth
In a decisive move to capitalise on Asia’s accelerating shift toward AI-powered customer experience, Zendesk has appointed ...
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Zendesk Acquires Forethought
Zendesk has acquired Forethought, an artificial intelligence agent platform provider, enabling Zendesk to immediately offer self-improving AI agents. Financial terms of the deal were not...
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