Cisco's president said he used personal AI agents to screen $9,000 worth of his yearly subscriptions
Cisco president Jeetu Patel shared his experience using personal AI agents to manage subscriptions, resulting in over $1,000 in annual savings. He emphasized the utility of these tools for personal productivity while warning against granting them access to sensitive work data.
Why it matters
This illustrates the practical, real-world application of AI agents in personal finance management and the associated security considerations.
Cisco's president and product chief, Jeetu Patel, shared how he's used personal AI agents. Bloomberg/Getty Images Cisco's president, Jeetu Patel, said he uses four or five of the most popular personal AI agents. One of them, which costs him $20 a month, recently saved him more than $1,000 in subscription bills. But he said it's important not to give personal AI agents access to work tools or resources. If getting mysterious and surprising subscription bills are the bane of your existence, Cisco's president and product chief, Jeetu Patel , is in the same boat. Patel told Business Insider that said he's been using four to five different personal AI agents , like Meta's Muse, Instinct, and OpenAI's Dots, for things like consolidating news, summarizing earnings calls, and even booking his daughter's concert tickets. But recently, he was impressed by how one agent could slash his subscription bills.
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