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Cisco taps 27-year-old engineer with unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of legacy code

Cisco President Jeetu Patel assigned Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, a 27-year-old former startup CEO found five levels below him in the org chart, to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code within 24 months using unlimited AI tokens.

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  1. 2026-11-01 05:20 · DEV Community — AI
    Cisco Gave One Engineer Unlimited AI Tokens to Rewrite 98%
  2. 2026-10-30 11:26 · Tom's Hardware
    Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months

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