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'

Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel has tasked a 27-year-old engineer with refactoring 98% of the company's legacy code within 24 months. The engineer, Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, proposed the initiative after claiming he could complete the rewrite with a team of just two people. Patel hopes that hiring and empowering young, AI-native talent will help challenge corporate status quos. Open article →