How Cisco keeps its startup acquisition engine humming

Cisco has a rich history of buying its way to global success. And it’s remained quite active, acquiring more than 30 startups over the last four years for a total of 229 over the life of the company. Continue reading How Cisco keeps its startup acquisition engine humming

Cisco open sources MindMeld conversational AI platform

Cisco announced today that it was open sourcing the MindMeld conversation AI platform, making it available to anyone who wants to use it under the Apache 2.0 license. MindMeld is the conversational AI company that Cisco bought in 2017. The company put the technology to use in Cisco Spark Assistant later that year to help […] Continue reading Cisco open sources MindMeld conversational AI platform