Cisco President Gives Young Engineer Unlimited AI Tokens to Rewrite Legacy Code
The executive has tasked the 27-year-old former startup founder with rewriting 98% of the company's legacy code within two years using unlimited AI resources.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 30 Oct 2026. Fortune published first, on 30 October at 07:00 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware in News followed 4h 27m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware in News, appeared on 30 October at 11:26 UTC.
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- 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' Latest from Tom's Hardware in News
- Cisco chief found a 27-year-old ex-founder ‘buried away in the organization doing something unstrategic’—now the Gen Zer is rewriting 98% of its code Fortune
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