Jeetu Patel says AI will build 70% of Cisco products by 2027, employees must upskill to stay relevant

Cisco is preparing for a future where AI does much of the core work of building software, and its leadership wants employees to move quickly to keep pace. Jeetu Patel, Cisco’s President and Chief Product Officer, has announced on X that the company is aiming for a point where most of its products are written entirely by AI, while human engineers focus on judgement, safety and outcomes rather than just writing code.

Patel said Cisco has already crossed an important milestone. “At Cisco, we have shipped our first product at this point fully written by AI. Kudos to the AI Defense team. 100 per cent of the code in AI Defense is written by AI,” he wrote, describing it as an early sign of how software development inside the company is changing.

Jeetu Patel says AI will build 70% of Cisco products, employees should upskill to stay relevant

The push, however, goes far beyond a single product. Patel said Cisco expects to ship at least half a dozen products that are completely written by AI…