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Company — Cloudflare operates a global connectivity, security and developer platform. Its AI services include Workers AI, AI Gateway and Vectorize, with Replicate extending its model deployment and inference offering.
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Cloudflare operates a global connectivity, security and developer platform. Its AI services include Workers AI, AI Gateway and Vectorize, with Replicate extending its model deployment and inference offering.
- Founded
- 2009
- Founders
- Matthew Prince; Michelle Zatlyn; Lee Holloway
- AI platforms
- Workers AI; AI Gateway; Vectorize; Replicate
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Previews Clairic extraction models
Cloudflare introduces Clairic on Workers AI for extracting structured values from unstructured inputs. Open weights are planned, rather than already released in this announcement.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Annual revenue reaches $2.168B
Cloudflare reports 2025 revenue of $2,167.9 million, up 29.8% year over year. This is recognized annual revenue, not ARR.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Replicate joins Cloudflare
Cloudflare confirms Replicate is officially part of the company, following the acquisition agreement announced in November.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Launches Workers AI, Vectorize and AI Gateway
The company introduces integrated tools for AI inference, vector storage and managing model usage on its developer platform.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Lists on the New York Stock Exchange
Cloudflare begins trading under the ticker NET.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Workers becomes generally available
The serverless computing platform moves from announcement to general availability.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Introduces Cloudflare Workers
Cloudflare announces a platform for running application code across its network.
Source: Cloudflare ↗Cloudflare is founded
Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn and Lee Holloway establish the company.
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