Cloudflare
Also known as Cloudflare, Inc.
American internet company: CDN, security, DNS and the Workers developer platform.
- Cloudflare provides CDN, cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation and domain registration services.
- Its network sits as a reverse proxy between visitors and a site's host.
- It added edge computing through its Workers platform.
Why it matters
- A large share of websites sit behind it, and developers build on its Workers platform.
- Founded
- 20091
- Founders
- Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway and Michelle Zatlyn1
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California1
- Public
- New York Stock Exchange since 2019, ticker NET1
- Share of websites
- About 21.3% (W3Techs, January 2026)1
Acquisitions
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12 years ago
StopTheHacker1
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12 years ago
CryptoSeal1
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9 years ago
Eager Platform Co.1
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8 years ago
Neumob1
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6 years ago
S2 Systems1
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5 years ago
Linc1
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4 years ago
Zaraz1
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4 years ago
Vectrix1
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4 years ago
Area 1 Security1
Developed a product designed to combat phishing email attacks.
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2 years ago
Nefeli Networks1
Cloud networking company co-founded by computer scientist Sylvia Ratnasamy.
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2 years ago
BastionZero1
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2 years ago
Kivera1
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11 months ago
Replicate1
Platform that lets developers run, fine-tune and deploy open-source machine-learning models via an API.
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9 months ago
Human Native1
AI data marketplace brokering transactions between developers and content creators, for an undisclosed amount.
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8 months ago
The Astro Technology Company1
Developers behind the open-source web framework Astro.
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4 months ago
VoidZero1
Open-source company behind the JavaScript tool Vite and related developer tools including Vitest, Rolldown and Oxc.
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