How Dropbox saved 160,000 agent minutes on email support in six months

Dropbox's partnership with IrisAgent streamlined support with AI-driven workflows, delivering faster resolutions, higher productivity, and cost savings across its global support team.

160K
Email handle-time minutes saved in H1 2025
2 min
Faster average handle time on every email ticket
Sept 2024
Moved from pilot to full production
The challenge

Scaling global support without slowing agents down

Dropbox is on a mission to design a more enlightened way of working, and that includes how it supports customers. As its products and customer base evolve, the Global Support team is reimagining support operations to be faster, smarter, and more scalable. In 2024 the team launched an initiative to bring AI into the heart of its support workflows.
01

Limited workflow automation

Ticket workflows could only be automated so far because the tooling to do more was not available.

02

Time lost hunting for information

Agents spent excessive time locating the most current information, which was split across separate silos.

03

Lag in response and resolution

Manual research on every ticket slowed first responses and stretched time to resolution.

04

Little room for new workflows

Existing tools offered limited flexibility to stand up new workflows as support needs changed.

The solution

Real-time agent assist inside Zendesk, co-designed with Dropbox

After a rigorous evaluation, Dropbox selected IrisAgent to pilot intelligent automation and agent assist. Following strong early results, Dropbox moved to full production in September 2024, embedding IrisAgent into its Zendesk email ticketing system so agents get contextual insights and relevant knowledge the moment they open a ticket.

Integrated with CRM and backend systems

IrisAgent connects directly to Dropbox's CRM and backend systems to accelerate actions and improve resolution times at scale.

Real-time agent assistance

The most relevant knowledge surfaces instantly inside the ticket, reducing handle times and improving response quality.

AI-powered summarization

Agents get up to speed on customer history and context in seconds, leading to faster and more personalized resolutions.

Ticket automation and triage

IrisAgent tags tickets and auto-resolves low-complexity requests, freeing the team to focus on higher-impact issues.

Custom automations, built together

Dropbox and IrisAgent co-designed automations for high-priority workflows, with an agile feedback loop driving continuous optimization.

Working with IrisAgent feels like a true partnership. Their team listens and adapts with us every step of the way. The IrisAgent partnership continues to be a key enabler in our journey to modernize and scale customer support at Dropbox—with AI at the core. Our focus is clear: empower our support agents to do their best work and ensure our customers get the help they need—quickly, accurately, and at scale.
Maria McSweeney
Head of Global Support, Dropbox
The results

Faster agents, faster answers, lower cost

Since deploying IrisAgent, Dropbox has seen:

160,000 minutes saved in H1 2025

With IrisAgent handling repetitive categorization and surfacing relevant answers instantly, agents resolve more email tickets in less time.

Higher agent efficiency

Less time spent searching for information means agents focus on higher-value interactions, with the biggest gains among new hires.

Faster resolution times

Real-time context and answers help customers get solutions more quickly, regardless of channel.

Operational cost savings

Smarter ticket handling and automation are unlocking measurable gains in resource optimization.

Before
With IrisAgent
Limited ticket workflow automation due to lack of tooling
Fully automated workflows with IrisAgent AI
Agents spent excessive time locating current information
Real-time agent assist with unified, actionable information
Information split across silos
Faster ticket handling, especially among new hires
Lag in response and resolution time
Automated processes free agents for high-value work
Limited flexibility for new workflows
Agile customization, built in close partnership
Why IrisAgent

Why Dropbox chose IrisAgent

  • AI that scales with the team. Dropbox evaluated multiple vendors on technical capabilities, ease of integration, automation potential, and cost. IrisAgent stood out for robust AI and the ability to scale with support needs.
  • A shared vision. From day one, IrisAgent aligned with Dropbox's goal of empowering agents and improving the customer experience through AI.
  • Competitive pricing. IrisAgent delivered enterprise capability with a highly competitive pricing structure.
  • Ready for what comes next. Dropbox is now extending IrisAgent into its chat tool, bringing the same real-time guidance to live chat interactions.

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