# Joshua Achiam says Cisco is an unexpectedly live AI player

> Original title: Bullish on Cisco, unexpectedly live player

- Source: Joshua Achiam
- Published: 2026-10-30T18:05:55.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/nct9gqc7joh3knhnw1dhs6zs5
- Original: https://x.com/jachiam0/status/2116230132419494028

## Summary

Joshua Achiam says he is bullish on Cisco and calls it an unexpectedly live player in AI. The post cites Cisco president Jeetu Patel giving engineer Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code within 24 months.

## Post

Bullish on Cisco, unexpectedly live player

## Quoted post @choblin29

> This is INSANE. Cisco’s president Jeetu Patel has given a 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to try to rewrite 98% of the company’s legacy code within 24 months, Fortune reports.
> 
> Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy thinks he can do it with a two-person team. He has just four weeks to prove the approach.

https://x.com/choblin29/status/2116077423410499705