The AI Agent Behind 4x Productivity in Collections Teams | Dave Ruda, VP Product (Billtrust)

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How did an AI agent help 4x the productivity of collections teams? Dave Ruda, VP of Product at Billtrust, visits LaunchPod to share how his team built a collections AI that transformed drudgery work into high-impact outcomes. Dave shares how his team: Reduced average email handling time from 8 minutes to just 2.5 minutes Built an AI agent that categorizes and prioritizes collector workflows to maximize efficiency Designed a “human in the loop” system to ensure trust, personalization, and better customer outcomes Developed a learning loop that adapts to each collector’s voice and scales across email and voice channels Links LinkedIn: Billtrust: Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:18 Billtrust's AI Journey 05:10 "Human in the Loop" 06:22 Billtrust's FinTech Solutions 09:54 Challenges in Collections 13:04 Agentic Email Functionality and Automating Email Processing 17:19 Building a Learning Loop To Better Understand Customers 19:05 Empowering Product Managers With AI 24:33 AI Governance and Future Prospects 27:39 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans Follow LaunchPod on YouTube We have a new YouTube page ! Watch full episodes of our interviews with PM leaders and subscribe!

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