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Cisco’s trying to make Webex feel less like a meeting room and more like a coworker
Cisco says it’s adding new "agentic collaboration" experiences to Webex, basically a fancy way of saying your meeting app wants to do more than just host awkward Monday calls. The big hook: Claude in Webex, which can analyze data, generate content, and execute work using shared enterprise context — all without making you bounce between a dozen tabs like a caffeinated squirrel.
Why investors should care
This is Cisco trying to keep Webex relevant in a world where AI features are becoming table stakes. If customers think these tools make collaboration smoother and more valuable, that can help Cisco defend its software footprint and deepen enterprise lock-in.
- More AI inside Webex could make the platform stickier for enterprise customers
- Shared context and digital teammates are meant to speed up work, not just meetings
- It also shows Cisco leaning harder into AI-enabled software to modernize a legacy collaboration franchise
Big picture
No, this doesn’t mean Webex suddenly became the next ChatGPT. But it does show Cisco is trying to bolt AI onto a familiar product in a way that might actually matter to buyers. In tech, that’s half the battle — and sometimes the whole thing.