Cisco's former CEO John Chambers warns that navigating the current AI bubble presents greater challenges than the dot-com crash he survived in the 1990s.

John Chambers, who led Cisco through the dot-com crash, believes the AI bubble is more complex to navigate than previous tech market downturns

The comparison highlights how rapidly AI has become embedded across industries and investor portfolios, creating broader systemic risk

Chambers' perspective draws from his experience managing a major tech company through the 2000-2002 dot-com crash when many startups failed