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# Glossary

## Glossary & Key Terms Explained

### AI Containment Rate

**Definition:** The percentage of customer calls that are **completely handled by AI** from start to finish, without needing to transfer to a human agent.

**How It Works:**

* **30-50% containment rate** (India):
  * Out of 100 customer calls, **30-50 are solved entirely by the AI bot**
  * The customer gets their answer, issue resolved, transaction completed—all by AI
  * Only 50-70 calls need to be "escalated" to a human

* **6% containment rate** (Global average):
  * Out of 100 calls, only **6 are handled completely by AI**
  * The other 94 calls still need a human agent to finish the job
  * The AI might start the conversation, but a human has to take over

**Why This Matters:**

*Cost savings:*

* If an AI agent costs $0.50 per call vs. a human at $5.00 per call
* 50% containment = saving \$2.25 per call on average
* 6% containment = saving only \$0.27 per call on average

*The India Advantage:*
India companies are achieving **5-8× higher success rates** with AI handling calls than the rest of the world. This means:

* More cost savings
* Faster customer service
* Less dependency on hiring thousands of human agents

**Simple Mental Model:**

Think of it like a restaurant:

* **50% containment** = Self-service kiosk successfully completes half of all orders
* **6% containment** = Kiosk only works for 6 out of 100 customers; everyone else needs a cashier

The claim is that Indian contact centers have figured out how to make the "kiosk" (AI) work much better than anywhere else in the world.

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