Cisco's Vijoy Pandey: The New Internet, AI Agents, and Quantum Networks

Cisco's Vijoy Pandey — SVP & GM of Outshift by Cisco — explains how AI agents and quantum networks could completely redefine how software, infrastructure, and security function in the next decade.

What you'll learn:

• What "Agentic AI" and the "Internet of Agents" actually are
• How Cisco open-sourced the Internet of Agents framework, and why decentralization matters
• The security threat of "store-now, decrypt-later" attacks — and how post-quantum cryptography will defend against them
• How Outshift's "freedom to fail" model fuels real innovation inside a Fortune-500 company
• Why the next generation of software will blur the line between humans, AI agents, and machines
• The vision behind Cisco's Quantum Internet — and two real-world use cases you can see today: Quantum Sync and Quantum Alert

With 80+ patents to his name and a career spent redefining how systems connect and think, Vijoy is one of the few leaders building the next era of computing before the rest of us see it coming.

Chapters:

0:00 — Meet Vijoy Pandey & Outshift's mission

4:30 — The two hardest problems in computer science: Superintelligence & Quantum Computing

6:30 — Why "freedom to fail" is Cisco's innovation superpower

10:20 — Inside the Outshift model: incubating like a startup inside Cisco

21:00 — What is Agentic AI? The rise of the Internet of Agents

27:00 — AGNTCY.org and open-sourcing the Internet of Agents

32:00 — What would an Internet of Agents actually look like?

38:19 — Responsible AI & governance: putting guardrails in early

49:40 — What is quantum computing? What is quantum networking?

55:27 — The vision for a global Quantum Internet

Guest: Vijoy Pandey, SVP & GM, Outshift by Cisco — LinkedIn