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  "id": "uc_2026_000073",
  "slug": "redfin-sierra-conversational-home-search",
  "title": "How is Redfin using an AI agent for home search?",
  "answer": "Redfin built a conversational home-search agent with Sierra. Sierra reports that users of conversational search view nearly twice as many listings and are 47% more likely to request a tour.",
  "industry": "software-internet",
  "sub_industry": "Real estate marketplace",
  "roles": [
    "sales-development"
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  "function": "sales",
  "tasks": [
    "conversational-search",
    "tour-requests"
  ],
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      "name": "Sierra conversational search agent",
      "vendor": "Sierra",
      "url": null,
      "affiliate": false
    }
  ],
  "deployment_status": "production",
  "organization": {
    "name": "Redfin",
    "type": "online real estate brokerage",
    "named": true
  },
  "outcomes": [
    {
      "metric": "tour requests",
      "value": "47% more likely to request a tour",
      "source_ref": 1,
      "self_reported": true
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://sierra.ai/customers/redfin",
      "publisher": "Sierra",
      "title": "Redfin and Sierra",
      "published": null,
      "type": "vendor-customer-story",
      "quote": "conversational search users view nearly twice as many listings, and are 47% more likely to request a tour.",
      "independent": false,
      "accessed": "2026-10-17",
      "ref": 1
    }
  ],
  "how_it_works": [
    "Agent searches listings using natural-language criteria.",
    "Pushes back on unrealistic criteria and suggests alternatives."
  ],
  "risks_compliance": [
    "Wrong or hallucinated answers to customers; needs guardrails and handoff",
    "Vendor-published results; not independently audited"
  ],
  "medtech_relevance": null,
  "notes": [],
  "models": [],
  "integrations": [],
  "related": [],
  "first_seen": "2026-10-17",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
  "sponsored": false,
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (summary text); quotes and sources belong to their owners",
  "evidence_grade": "B",
  "grade_rationale": "Named organization with a quantified outcome from the vendor or the organization itself (self-reported).",
  "verification": {
    "checked": "2026-10-17",
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    ],
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  },
  "url": "https://agentcasefile.com/cases/redfin-sierra-conversational-home-search/",
  "industry_label": "Software, Internet & Media",
  "role_labels": [
    "Sales Development (SDR)"
  ],
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}