Cisco president Jeetu Patel tasks young engineer with rewriting most of company's code

Cisco's president reportedly gave 27-year-old former founder Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy unlimited AI tokens to rewrite about 98% of the company's legacy code within 24 months. Patel says he wants younger staff to challenge established approaches.

Timeline

1. 30 Oct, 11:26 UTCFirst appeared on Tom's Hardware
2. 30 Oct, 12:00 UTCPicked up on News
3. 30 Oct, 14:08 UTCCisco AI code rewrite plan first shared online
4. 30 Oct, 17:00 UTCPicked up on Google Trends
5. 30 Oct, 17:00 UTCFortune covers Cisco's Gen Z code rewrite

Top sources

• jeetu patelGoogle Trends
• Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's codeHacker News
• Jeetu Patel tasks Gen-Z engineer to rewrite Cisco’s code; why he wants 'friction'Times of India
• Cisco gives Gen Z employee unlimited AI tokens to rewrite all of company's codeIndia Today