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Helpdesk and customer support platform built for ecommerce brands, with deep Shopify integration.

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From helpdesk-with-AI to AI-native helpdesk — Gorgias collapses its product story around the AI Agent.

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◆Current state
Gorgias is publishing in dense bursts across three streams at once: AI-native product surfaces (MCP for Claude and ChatGPT, AI Agent pricing transparency, Helpdesk 2.0), original benchmark content (Ecom Lab, 2026 Conversational Commerce Report), and a steady ecommerce-support how-to library. The AI Agent is now the centerpiece; older helpdesk fundamentals get repositioned around it.
◆Where it's heading
The arc is from helpdesk-with-AI to AI-native helpdesk. MCP plus LLM-query workflows push Gorgias into agentic infrastructure territory; the Ecom Lab launch reads as a play for benchmark-authority as a moat; Gaia for Zendesk is a thinly veiled competitor-displacement tactic. Expect the product story to keep collapsing around the AI Agent.
◆Prediction
Expect tighter packaging of AI Agent capability with benchmark data — plausibly a public Ecom Lab dashboard surfacing 'where you stand versus the Gorgias customer set' — and more free utilities aimed at users of competing helpdesks.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    Ask Your Helpdesk Anything: How to Use Claude or ChatGPT with Gorgias

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    Gorgias ships an MCP server letting Claude, ChatGPT, or any LLM query the helpdesk directly. Slots the product into the agentic-infrastructure layer and is the clearest expression of the 'AI-native helpdesk' direction.

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  2. 5d ago

    How To Calculate Net Promoter Score: NPS Formula, Tools, Tips

    Evergreen NPS calculation explainer aimed at search traffic. No product change; calendar-filler that supports the wider customer-experience content beat.

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  3. 5d ago

    The Complete Guide to Helpdesk Automation for Ecommerce Support Teams

    Long-form positioning piece on helpdesk automation for ecommerce teams. Frames the category Gorgias is selling into and sets up the AI Agent as the natural endpoint.

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  4. 5d ago

    Small Business Customer Service: How to Handle It Solo

    Top-of-funnel guide for solo small-business owners handling support themselves. Wide-audience SEO content that doesn't speak to product direction.

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  5. 5d ago

    Gaia for Zendesk: Diagnose and Fix Your AI Agent

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    Gorgias releases a free Zendesk-targeted tool that converts ticket history into AI Agent guidances and procedures. A direct play at competitor customers using the AI-readiness conversation as the wedge.

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  6. 6d ago

    How to Audit Your Ticket Volume (and Actually Fix What's Driving It)

    Practitioner guide on auditing and reducing ticket volume, with vertical benchmarks attached. Lines up with the Ecom Lab launch as part of the benchmarks-as-content push.

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