Profile · company · Internet infrastructure

Cloudflare.

CDN, security, and edge platform.

Typecompany
CategoryInternet infrastructure
Founded2009
Based inSan Francisco
By Anish· Founder · Vedwix
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Story

Cloudflare was founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn. The company started as a CDN + DDoS protection service and has expanded into edge compute, zero-trust security, AI inference, and developer platforms. By 2026, Cloudflare powers a huge fraction of the internet and has become one of the dominant edge platforms. NYSE: NET.

What they built

Cloudflare CDN, Workers, Pages, R2, KV, D1, Workers AI, Zero Trust.

Notable facts

  • Founded 2009
  • IPO 2019
  • Powers ~20% of the web
  • Workers AI, R2, KV, D1 expand the platform
  • Major 2024-25 push into AI inference at the edge

Design / brand lessons

Free tier as growth engine. Enterprise deals fund expansion.

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