Cisco Director Now Boss of Dozens of AI Minions, Claims It’s Not More Work
KEY POINTS
- •Sergio Freitas, Cisco senior director in Lisbon, manages 10 to 20 AI agents each day overseeing other agents.
- •Since Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 launched in late 2025, engineers shifted from coding to architecting and managing AI workflows.
- •Although output and pace increased, Freitas says working hours didn’t grow, but more reviews and security checks keep the job intense.
In the futuristic plumbing of Cisco’s software world, Sydney’s own Sergio Freitas mans the helm from Lisbon, Portugal, overseeing 10 to 20 AI agents daily — these bots boss around even more mini-agents like some digital mafia family. Thanks to Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 dropping like a tech bomb at the end of last year, this agent crew went from coding sidekicks to full-on software architects and workflow DJs, looping till perfection with loop engineering. Sergio claims work speed went from leisurely coding strolls to zipping thrill rides, yet denying overtime like a ghost refusing clock-ins. Meanwhile, Cisco keeps its AI mob on a strict legal and security leash, because apparently, even robot agents don’t get to break the law.
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(1 of 3)Managing AI agents who spawn sub-agents sounds like a sci-fi movie plot, but nope, just your average day at Cisco where robots make other robots do the work and humans pretend it’s not extra hustle.
When your job title is ‘director of engineering’ but your real title is ‘herder of autonomous code-making bots’ that spawn literal robot minions.
Cisco’s AI agents evolving faster than siblings arguing over chores—now they manage other agents, leaving humans to blame when bots mess up.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/30/2026 | Author: Ana Altchek
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