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John Chambers: Former Cisco CEO on Why AI Will Move 5x Faster Than the Internet
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers returns to discuss why AI is scaling faster than any tech wave before it, including the internet. Now the CEO of JC2 Ventures, Chambers shares lessons from advising 24 AI-native startups and offers a strategic lens on how leaders, companies, and countries can win or be left behind.
In this episode:
AI’s “5x speed” vs. the internet
How La Poste retrained 220K workers on AI
Why 60–70% of Fortune 500 firms may disappear
Chambers’ M&A playbook from 180+ acquisitions
The U.S.-India innovation corridor
Risk, reinvention, and why CEOs must lead from the front
The skinny
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