Cisco Live 2026 keynote
Chuck Robbins · Jeetu Patel · Jun 2, 2026 · 2h 1m · Las Vegas, Nevada
Summary
Robbins and Patel framed 2026 as the agentic era, where organizations put AI to work alongside people. The keynote covered agentic operations with Cisco Cloud Control, Silicon One networking for AI data centers (the G300 chip and N9300 systems), quantum-safe infrastructure, securing agents with AI Defense and Splunk, and non-human identity.
Key themes: Agents, AI infrastructure, Security · AI-written summary from the published transcript
- 1Agentic operations with Cisco Cloud Control were set up as the day's central theme10:26
- 2Robbins called quantum the next major disruption and said Cisco has invested in it for six or seven years18:48
- 3Networking for AI starts with silicon: Cisco Silicon One was built for this moment58:37
- 4The G300 switch chip targets the largest AI clusters, in air- and liquid-cooled systems including the N93001:03:55
- 5Cisco expanded its partnership with NVIDIA, starting from the Secure AI Factory reference architecture1:06:57
- 6The new infrastructure is designed to be quantum safe1:10:20
- 7AI Defense intercepts models and agents at runtime when they misbehave1:15:30
Announced
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Cisco Cloud ControlAgentic operations across domains | Announced |
| Silicon One G300 systemsSwitch chip and systems for AI clusters | Announced |
| Quantum-safe infrastructureNew systems designed to be quantum safe | Announced |
Related keynotes
| Date | Keynote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2025 | Cisco Live 2025Chuck Robbins, Jeetu Patel · 1h 55m · 5 announcedAgents, Security, AI infrastructure | Agents, Security, AI infrastructure | Cisco brought Cisco XDR and Splunk closer together and announced agentic AI applications in security | 5 |
About this keynote
Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvEyA6KcqQ
- Chuck RobbinsChair and CEO, Cisco
- Jeetu PatelPresident and Chief Product Officer, Cisco
Companies named: Anthropic, Google, Nvidia, Splunk, Cisco
Last changed 2026-09-24.
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