Alex Turkovic, Sr. Director of CX at Belfry and host of the Digital CX Podcast, discusses the transformative impact of AI on customer success teams, highlighting how AI tools like Vitally and Gong enable proactive identification of customer churn through sentiment analysis and engagement signals. This shift allows teams to address issues early, moving from a reactive to a predictive approach. While AI automates data gathering and triage, it cannot replace the empathetic aspects of customer relationship management, thus freeing customer success managers (CSMs) to focus on the human elements of their roles. Turkovic notes the emergence of the automation specialist role in customer success, which involves creating workflows and maintaining data hygiene using tools like n8n and Zapier, fostering a digital CX layer that connects sales, success, and support data for a unified customer view. Future CX leaders will need to blend empathy with automation skills, as AI handles routine tasks, enabling CSMs to concentrate on building meaningful relationships.