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Tom's Hardware October 30, 2026 By Ben Stockton neutral

Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts'

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Cisco President Jeetu Patel has handed a 27-year-old ex-startup founder a huge job to rewrite 98% of Cisco's legacy code within 24 months.
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