Aisera: A closer look at Cisco’s AI strategic investments, in action, CiscoLive Podcast

“Cisco is our partner, customer investor, says Muddu Sudhakar, Co-Founder and CEO of Aisera. “Aisera is a great partner with Cisco on the AI front.” Aisera is one of the over 20 AI-focused acquisitions and investments Cisco has made over the past several years. In this podcast we get a closer glance at what those investments look like.

Aisera has been doing conversation AI, GenAI, over the last six years. “We offer a GenAI platform on which we work with customers and partners like Cisco to offer IT services, business services, to automate mundane tasks and provide AI workflows for IT, service security, customer service, and support.”

Aisera is regarded as a leading provider of enterprise Generative AI apps and a platform that helps enterprises accelerate revenue growth, improve user productivity, lower costs, and create magical user experiences. Product portfolio includes: AiseraGPT, AI Copilot, AI Search, and Agent Assist - are built on our Generative AI Platform that serves as the fundamental building block for enterprise GenAI applications. Aisera leverages a TRAPS framework (Transparent, Responsible, Auditable, Privacy, and Secure) to meet stringent data governance requirements while adhering to the highest standards of Responsible AI.)

Aisera is one of the over 20 AI-focused acquisitions and investments Cisco has made over the past several years.

The $1B fund announced, however, focuses on recent committed investments, such as Cohere, Mistral AI and Scale AI.