Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens
The gist
Cisco's Jeetu Patel gave engineer Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy unlimited AI tokens to refactor 98% of legacy code in 24 months.
The bet tests whether a tiny team plus AI can replace large-scale legacy rewrites.
How it unfolded
- 2023Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy cofounds EzDubs, a real-time translation startup.
- 2025Cisco acquires EzDubs, and Krishnamurthy joins Cisco.
- Oct 30, 2026Fortune reports that Cisco president Jeetu Patel gave Krishnamurthy unlimited AI tokens to refactor 98% of Cisco's legacy code within 24 months, with four weeks as a proof of concept.