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AI Employee Deployment

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · 2026-10-30 · Importance 17 · Surprise 24

Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel assigned 27-year-old former EzDubs cofounder Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy to refactor code, reportedly giving him unlimited AI tokens. The article headline says he is rewriting 98% of Cisco’s code, but provides no timeframe or financial investment for the effort. Cisco acquired EzDubs in 2025 for a reported $429 billion valuation of Cisco, not a disclosed acquisition price.

Key facts

• Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel gave 27-year-old employee Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy unlimited tokens to refactor code. source
• A 27-year-old Cisco employee is rewriting 98% of the company's code. source