Cisco buys Twilio at a discount.

The slide convinces the board. The stock chart convinces them faster. Your successor starts in May.

The Buyer: Cisco is thrilled. Webex needed better plumbing. You'll do nicely.

The Buyer: Your agent becomes a Webex feature. Developers will find it under Advanced Settings.

Outcome: Lost as a feature

The AI add-on bought one calm year. Amazon spent it giving every agent a free phone line. Right agent, a year too late.

One path that gets here

A · Then our AI rides on every messageC · Then we stop selling parts. We answer callsA · Show the board what per-call customers spend

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Other endings where you lose as a feature

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