- Published on July 23, 2025
- In Global Tech
Cloudflare Wants to Power AI, Without Breaking the Internet
Cloudflare is aiming to accelerate AI development with its solutions.
Image by Nalini Nirad
- By Ankush Das
Cloudflare, the company that quietly powers a large part of the internet, is now making a louder play in the world of AI infrastructure. From AI agents and developer tools to protocol-level governance, it aims to be the invisible backbone for builders, regardless of whether they’re Fortune 500 companies or independent coders.
In an exclusive interview with AIM, Dane Knecht, CTO of Cloudflare, told AIM that the ecosystem is still catching up. “You do need a whole new set of tooling around it,” he said, referring to the emerging Model Context Protocol (MCP). “We are kind of recreating things that we built in the past. Just, you know, for a new domain.”
And when that domain buckles, Cloudflare feels the tremor first.
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Ankush Das
I am a tech aficionado and a computer science graduate with a keen interest in AI, Coding, Open Source, Global SaaS, and Cloud. Have a tip? Reach out to ankush.das@aimmediahouse.com
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