Cloudflare

Web Infrastructure

Founded in 2009, Cloudflare runs one of the world's largest networks, providing security, performance, and reliability for millions of websites and internet applications.

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Quick Facts

Founded: 2009
Founders: Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, Michelle Zatlyn
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Industry: Web Performance & Security

About Cloudflare

Cloudflare was created to solve two fundamental problems of the internet: speed and security. It operates as a massive reverse proxy, sitting between a website's visitors and its hosting provider. By caching content globally and filtering malicious traffic, Cloudflare protects sites from DDoS attacks while drastically reducing load times.

Today, a significant portion of all internet traffic flows through Cloudflare's network. The company has aggressively expanded its product suite beyond basic CDN and DNS services into serverless computing (Cloudflare Workers), Zero Trust network access, and edge storage, effectively competing with major cloud providers.

What Cloudflare Does

Performance & CDN

Global content delivery network and DNS resolution ensuring fast and reliable access.

Web Security

WAF, DDoS protection, and bot management protecting infrastructure from malicious traffic.

Developer Platform

Cloudflare Workers allowing developers to deploy serverless code globally in milliseconds.

Zero Trust

Cloudflare One provides secure, identity-aware access to corporate applications without a VPN.

Career Areas

Types of professional roles found inside Cloudflare.

Systems Engineering
Security Research
Product Management
Sales & Marketing
Customer Support
Legal & Policy

Cloudflare's History

2009
Founded
Cloudflare is founded and officially launches at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.
2014
Project Galileo
Launches Project Galileo to provide free cybersecurity protection for vulnerable public interest groups.
2017
Cloudflare Workers
Introduces its edge computing platform, allowing developers to run JavaScript globally.
2019
IPO
Cloudflare goes public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NET.

Purpose & Values

“To help build a better Internet”

Cloudflare is driven by the mission to make the internet faster, safer, and more reliable for everyone, from individual bloggers to the world's largest enterprises.

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