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Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?
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In Short: Matthew Prince discusses Cloudflare's mission to reshape internet infrastructure.
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is working to remake the internet's infrastructure for the AI age, addressing the growing issue of bots making up more than half of internet traffic.
Prince emphasized that Cloudflare's role is to sit between websites and AI agents, giving website owners control over access to these tools.
Prince highlighted that Cloudflare’s mission is to rebuild the internet as it should have been from the start, considering its critical importance.
The conversation with Prince marks a significant pivot for the internet, driven by the rapid advancements in AI technology.
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- What I say if I’m interested in talking to the person more is that Cloudflare is trying to rebuild the internet the way it should have been built from the beginning if we knew how important it was going to be.
- Cloudflare’s mission to remake the business of the web for the AI age Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.
- Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought then was a wild pivot point for the internet — and now it turns out things are even wilder because of AI, and Matthew and Cloudflare are right at the center of it.
- Cloudflare sits between websites and all those agents, and allows website owners some level of control: Owners can block all those AI tools, allow them, or, as you’ll hear, only allow those that might pay money for access.