RingCentral Expands AIR Pro to Enhance Customer Engagement Capabilities
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jun 23 2026
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RingCentral announced the expansion of AIR Pro to deliver agentic AI capabilities across the RingCentral customer engagement portfolio. The expansion includes new capabilities within RingCX that help businesses with end-to-end customer resolution, automated outreach, and intelligent hand-offs. These enhancements also strengthen how customer context is captured and carried within RingCX. When a conversation transfers to a live agent, that agent has a more complete picture, including prior interactions, data from connected systems via APIs, and relevant recordings - without having to ask the customer to repeat themselves. The context layer continuously informs itself, getting smarter with every interaction. "RingCentral offers the broadest range of customer engagement solutions that address both informal and formal contact center requirements. Our announcement today is about expanding AIR Pro and adding key updates to RingCX as we make progress toward our vision of AI agents and humans working together," said Jim Dvorkin, SVP of Customer Experience Products at RingCentral. "Our innovations for RingCX continue to be well received by our customers. The addition of native AI agents, along with autonomous outreach, intelligent handoffs, and our AI powered workflow builder for RingCX helps businesses improve customer experiences and achieve measurable results."
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3 Buy
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Moderate Buy
Current: 39.240
Low
27.00
Averages
31.14
High
36.00
Current: 39.240
Low
27.00
Averages
31.14
High
36.00
About RNG
RingCentral, Inc. specializes in agentic voice artificial intelligence (AI)-powered business communications, delivering an integrated platform for business phone, SMS, contact center, workforce engagement management, video collaboration, and messaging. The Company's agentic AI portfolio includes autonomous voice-first AI agents that automate calls, assist in the moment, and analyze every interaction. Its multi-product portfolio includes RingEX, RingCentral Contact Center, RingCX, RingCentral Customer Engagement Bundle, RingCentral Artificial Intelligence Solutions, RingCentral for Microsoft Teams, and RingCentral Events. RingEX is its AI-powered Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform, enabling collaboration across voice, messaging, and video. RingCentral Contact Center is a collaborative contact center solution that delivers AI-powered omni-channel and workforce engagement solutions integrated with RingEX. RingCX provides Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solution.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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