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In this episode of This Week in NET, JQ Lau and Victor Hwang from our Network & Infrastructure Strategy team walk us through Cloudflare's 13th generation of servers — the machines that power a significant part of the internet across 330+ cities worldwide.The Gen 13 program doubled compute density by jumping from 96 to 192 cores, but that came with an 83% drop in L3 cache. The team explains how a bold hardware bet, combined with Cloudflare's FL2 Rust-based software rewrite, turned that trade-off into a win across throughput, latency, and power efficiency.From counterintuitive fan physics to credit card pen tests on chassis intrusion switches, this conversation covers the full stack: CPUs, memory, storage, networking, security, and what's next — including post-quantum readiness at the hardware layer.Mentioned blog posts:Launching Cloudflare's Gen 13 servers: trading cache for cores for 2x edge compute performance Inside Gen 13: how we built our most powerful server yetTimestamps00:53 — Blog recap: what Cloudflare announced (including agents can now actually create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy)03:52 — From Gen 11 to Gen 13: the evolution of Cloudflare's servers05:04 — Doubling compute power while cutting cache by 83%06:54 — The journey to choosing the right CPU10:04 — Scratchpad vs bookshelf: cache and memory explained12:08 — Why 192 cores won over 128 cores15:35 — FL2: Cloudflare's Rust-based software rewrite18:12 — Hardware and software co-design: why neither works alone18:37 — Memory, storage, and networking upgrades22:18 — Dual GPU support and future accelerators23:25 — Inside the Gen 13 chassis: what changed visually24:51 — Why adding a 5th fan saves power (counterintuitive physics)25:59 — Server security: memory encryption, PCIe encryption, intrusion detection30:12 — 50% better performance per watt and what that means at scale33:54 — The Austin lab: where hardware gets tested before production35:10 — How AI helped design Gen 1337:13 — 500 terabits per second: Cloudflare's network milestone38:30 — What's next: Gen 14, rack-scale design, and post-quantum hardware41:16 — Supply chain planning: lessons from COVID and the AI buildout

In this episode of This Week in NET, Vinti Batiste, VP of Sales for US Enterprise at Cloudflare, shares her 30-year journey across IBM, Cisco, and now Cloudflare — and what it really means to be in enterprise sales.Vinti talks about growing Cloudflare's enterprise business 80% year over year, the moment Michelle Zatlyn walked into her first all-hands, how she uses AI to prepare for customer meetings, and why sales is really a math problem.This conversation is part of the Women of Cloudflare series.

In this special Agents Week edition of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Ming Lu (Principal Product Manager) and Anni Wang (Product Manager) to recap Cloudflare’s first-ever Agents Week.The conversation explores why the Internet and the cloud were not designed for an AI-agent world, and what infrastructure needs to change as software agents begin generating code, running workflows, and interacting directly with online services.Ming and Anni walk through several announcements from Cloudflare’s Agents Week, including new tools for agent infrastructure, memory, developer workflows, AI Gateway, email, artifacts, browser automation, security, and agent-ready websites.At the end of the episode, there is also a fun recap video made by Zeke Sikelianos (Principal Systems Engineer, Developer Relations), using a deepfake version of himself to summarize the week’s announcements through Thursday.Check all the blogs and CFTV videos on our Agents Week Hub0:27 — Intro: special Agents Week edition0:41 — Ming Lu and Anni Wang join the show3:13 — Main takeaway from Agents Week6:40 — Monday: Agent Cloud, sandboxes, containers, and CLI11:34 — Tuesday: security, Cloudflare Mesh, and enterprise MCP17:02 — Wednesday: Project Think, browser automation, and Agent Lee24:23 — Thursday: Email Service, Artifacts, and the AI platform31:53 — Friday: feature flags, agent readiness, shared compression, and memory40:15 — What’s still coming after Friday42:04 — Feedback and reaction from the week45:23 — Zeke Sikelianos deepfake recap video

In this World Quantum Day special edition of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Bas Westerbaan (Principal Research Engineer) and Sharon Goldberg (Senior Director, Product) to explain why the timeline for post-quantum cryptography may be arriving sooner than expected.Recent research suggests the number of qubits required to break today’s encryption could fall dramatically, accelerating the urgency for companies and the Internet ecosystem to migrate to post-quantum security. Google has set a 2029 migration target, and Cloudflare is working toward a similar timeline.Bas, who has spent years deploying post-quantum cryptography at Cloudflare, explains why the shift from theoretical risk to practical planning is happening now, what “Q-Day” would actually mean, and why upgrading the Internet’s cryptography is one of the largest coordinated security transitions ever attempted.The episode also covers the difference between post-quantum encryption and authentication, how quantum computers work, and what organisations should start doing today to prepare.Check the Cloudflare Blog:blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-roadmapTimestamps0:00 — Cold open: “It’s quite a shock”0:40 — World Quantum Day and why this matters now2:30 — Sharon Goldberg: the big picture of post-quantum cryptography4:20 — Why Cloudflare is targeting 20297:00 — Encryption vs authentication and the “harvest now, decrypt later” risk10:50 — Bas Westerbaan: background and path into cryptography18:30 — How quantum computers actually work23:40 — Why RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography are vulnerable28:10 — Why the quantum timeline may be accelerating33:00 — Cloudflare’s post-quantum deployment progress40:20 — How AI could help the industry migrate faster48:10 — What companies should start doing today58:00 — Quick-fire round and the Internet in a post-quantum world

In this short edition of This Week in NET, host João Tomé joins from the island of Madeira for a quick preview of Cloudflare’s first Agents Week.João is joined by Ming Lu (Principal Product Manager at Replicate) and Anni Wang (Product Manager) to discuss why AI agents are becoming one of the biggest shifts happening on the Internet right now.They explore how agents are starting to generate more code than developers, why the Internet is moving toward agents interacting with other agents, and what infrastructure is needed to build and run them securely at scale.The conversation also previews some of the themes of Agents Week: building and running agents on Cloudflare’s platform, securing agent access to tools and data, managing the large volumes of data agents generate, and how the web itself may change as machines increasingly consume content.Check our Agents Week site:cloudflare.com/agents-week ⸻Timestamps01:11 — Meet Ming Lu and Anni Wang01:55 — What Agents Week is and why Cloudflare launched it02:44 — Why agents are becoming a major shift for the Internet04:33 — Why agents need new infrastructure for compute, storage, and security05:02 — The rise of personal and enterprise agents06:43 — Running agents on Cloudflare’s platform07:34 — Security challenges when agents access tools and data09:13 — How agents may change how the web is consumed10:23 — Managing the massive data agents generate11:21 — Working with multiple AI models and switching between them12:43 — What it’s like launching a Cloudflare Innovation Week14:07 — The energy and chaos of building announcements14:52 — Final thoughts and what to expect next week

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Matt “TK” Taylor (Senior Product Manager) and Matt Kane (Senior Principal Systems Engineer) to discuss EmDash, a new CMS launched by Cloudflare as a modern, serverless alternative inspired by WordPress.Built on Astro and designed for today’s developer workflows, EmDash combines the familiarity of traditional CMS platforms with a modern architecture: serverless deployment, TypeScript throughout, and a plugin system designed to solve one of WordPress’s biggest challenges — security.The conversation explores why plugin vulnerabilities account for the vast majority of WordPress security issues, and how EmDash addresses that by running plugins in sandboxed Worker isolates with tightly scoped permissions. Matt and Matt also discuss how AI agents were used during development, why the project is MIT licensed, and how the CMS is designed from the ground up to work with AI agents through MCP and structured content.Later in the episode we see the EmDash playground, how WordPress sites can be imported in minutes, and how developers can start building plugins and extensions today.More info:Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin securityTry out the EmDash admin interface here: https://emdashcms.com/playground ⏱️ Timestamps00:45 — Intro: EmDash launch and April 1 announcement02:09 — What EmDash is and why Cloudflare built it04:07 — Why WordPress architecture struggles on modern infrastructure06:30 — Scaling storage, media, and modern hosting models07:00 — The plugin ecosystem: WordPress’s strength and weakness08:19 — Matt Taylor’s background in CMS and media platforms09:03 — Matt Kane’s work with Astro and Gatsby11:21 — How the idea for EmDash started inside the Astro community13:36 — Building the CMS with AI agents17:21 — Sandbox plugins with Cloudflare Dynamic Workers19:17 — Solving the plugin security problem22:16 — Why EmDash is MIT licensed25:52 — Early feedback from Yoast and the WordPress ecosystem27:05 — Designing a CMS for AI agents and MCP workflows30:43 — Demo: the EmDash playground and dashboard33:22 — Flexible content types and built-in SEO35:05 — Editing directly on the live page37:18 — Early community feedback and plugins already appearing39:03 — x402 and the future of agent-era monetization40:17 — SEO architecture and plugin extensibility41:43 — What’s next for EmDash

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Michelle Chen from Cloudflare’s AI product team to discuss the rise of open models, the launch of Kimi 2.5 on Workers AI, and why enterprises are rethinking the cost of proprietary AI.Michelle explains how Cloudflare’s security team used Kimi to scan internal codebases and found more than 40 confirmed security issues — at a fraction of the cost of proprietary models. The conversation explores why open models are rapidly becoming competitive with closed alternatives, how Cloudflare builds efficiency with custom inference engines and prefix caching, and what the Replicate acquisition means for bring-your-own-model workflows on Workers AI.Later in the episode, we also hear from Dina Kozlov about Dynamic Workers and Code Mode (now in open beta), followed by another Women of Cloudflare segment with Alexandra Messe Rodriguez.⏱️ Timestamps00:00 — Cold open: Kimi finds 40+ security issues00:30 — Intro and Cloudflare blog highlights03:06 — Michelle Chen joins the show05:44 — The rise of open models and Kimi 2.507:14 — Finding 40+ security issues with AI10:40 — The real cost of running AI agents16:26 — Making inference efficient: caching, kernels, and architecture19:42 — Replicate and bring-your-own-model on Workers AI25:08 — Favorite AI use case: fashion e-commerce images29:05 — Dina Kozlov: Dynamic Workers and Code Mode33:13 — Women of Cloudflare: Alexandra Messe Rodriguez

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Chema Alonso, Vice President and Head of International Development at Cloudflare.Chema shares how a 1998 paper on SQL injection launched his career in hacking, his path from running a startup in Madrid to becoming a Microsoft MVP for 14 years, and how he ended up leading cybersecurity at Telefónica for more than a decade — after telling them “you don’t have enough money to make me work for you.” He also explains why he left Telefónica in 2025 to join Cloudflare, and what surprised him about the company’s technical depth.The conversation explores how AI is changing cybersecurity, from AI agents competing in Capture-the-Flag contests to automated attack chains running around the clock. Chema also discusses the black market for zero-day vulnerabilities, Cloudflare’s role in Europe, and how AI may reshape the economics of the Internet.We also hear the story behind his famous beanie hat, a Bluetooth exploit that Apple initially called “a feature” until Steve Wozniak got involved and a quick-fire round covering his first computer, favorite hacks, admired researchers, and why Gemini once hallucinated that he went to jail.⏱️ Timestamps 01:00 — How SQL injection in 1998 started his career02:36 — From startup to Microsoft MVP to training Spain's cyber forces04:36 — Black Hat, Def Con, and the global hacking scene05:53 — How Telefonica recruited Chema08:49 — 20 years of daily blogging as "brain gym"10:27 — The beanie hat origin story14:34 — Why he left Telefonica to join Cloudflare17:41 — What customers are most worried about: AI security22:55 — Cloudflare's role in Europe: sovereignty, resilience, and growth26:58 — How AI is disrupting the Internet's business model28:44 — The evolution of hacking: from phreaking to AI agents37:42 — The Dirty Tooth iPhone Bluetooth exploit and Steve Wozniak41:39 — Quick-fire round: first computer, favorite hack, Kevin Mitnick43:58 — Google Gemini hallucinated that Chema went to jail46:49 — The future of the Internet and Cloudflare

In this episode of This Week in NET, Heather Orsi, Director of Strategic Finance & Investor Relations at Cloudflare, shares her unusual career path across finance, startups, and tech, and what it means to communicate Cloudflare’s story to investors and analysts.Heather talks about her first days at Cloudflare just after the IPO, what it takes to explain a highly technical company to Wall Street, and how finance, strategy, and storytelling come together in investor relations.This conversation is part of the Women of Cloudflare series for Women’s Empowerment Month.Check the Cloudflare Blog:https://blog.cloudflare.com🎧 Subscribe for weekly conversations about the Internet and Cloudflare:https://ThisWeekinNET.com⸻⏱️ Timestamps00:38 — From banking and startups to Cloudflare02:21 — Joining Cloudflare right after the IPO04:16 — Explaining a deeply technical company to investors06:31 — Communicating Cloudflare’s story to analysts08:51 — The role of investor relations inside a tech company11:16 — Being a woman in finance and tech13:11 — Advice for people starting a career in finance

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare’s new Chief Marketing Officer, Jeff Samuels, to explore how marketing is evolving in the age of AI.We discuss why brand still wins, how marketers are becoming “context engineers,” and how Cloudflare connects deep technical products to clear narratives that resonate with customers.We also touch on the role of real-world events like RSA Conference, where Cloudflare will be present, and why in-person moments still matter in an increasingly AI-driven, digital-first world.⏱️ Timestamps01:44 — News roundup (AI, policy, product updates)03:25 — Meet Jeff Samuels (Cloudflare CMO)04:07 — Background: startups, policy, global experience06:46 — From product to marketing mindset08:25 — Lessons from OpenDNS and Cisco11:47 — Marketing in tech: empathy and understanding systems13:27 — Lifecycle marketing and customer connection15:05 — Why Cloudflare (people, mission, opportunity)16:49 — Marketing as the “architect” of go-to-market18:38 — Brand vs demand20:48 — Events like RSA and why they still matter27:02 — AI and the shift to orchestration31:39 — What’s next for Cloudflare marketing34:02 — Quick fire: skills, mistakes, brand vs performance36:49 — Advice for marketers entering tech37:27 — One word for Cloudflare: opportunity

In this Women at Cloudflare segment for Women’s Empowerment Month, Sofia Cardita, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, shares her journey from clinical psychology to engineering.Sofia explains how she transitioned into tech through self-learning and hands-on building, and how AI is changing the way engineers work today. She also reflects on observability, teamwork, and finding balance as an engineer.⏱️ Timestamps00:12 — Sofia Cardita: background and role at Cloudflare  00:49 — From psychology to engineering02:02 — Self-learning and building from scratch03:03 — What she enjoys about engineering (proudest projects)04:18 — Observability and understanding systems04:59 — Advice for getting started05:07 — AI as a learning tool05:55 — Going deeper despite AI06:10 — Using AI in daily workflows07:02 — Productivity: rest, focus, and balance

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Warnessa Weaver (Senior Product Manager) and Yumna Moazzam (Senior Product Marketing Manager) to break down Cloudflare’s SASE blog takeover week and what it means for enterprise security.Cloudflare One is evolving into an agile, composable, and programmable SASE platform, built natively on Cloudflare’s global network spanning 300+ cities. The conversation explores how organizations can modernize remote access, secure AI adoption, and replace legacy architectures that often take 18 months to deploy with migrations completed in 4–6 weeks.The episode covers:• Post-quantum encryption now in GA for Cloudflare One• Deepfake defense through a new Nametag partnership• Adaptive access with user risk scoring and signals from CrowdStrike and SentinelOne• Programmable gateway policies using Cloudflare Workers• DLP visibility for Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini and more• Clipboard controls for browser-based RDP sessions• Closing the boot-to-login security gap with the Cloudflare One client• CASB remediation for Microsoft 365 and Google WorkspaceThe episode also includes a run-through of other recent Cloudflare blog posts, including AI Security for Apps (now GA), slashing agent token costs by 98% with RFC 9457, Nvidia Nemotron 3 Super on Cloudflare, and a new stateful API vulnerability scanner.Check the Cloudflare Blog:https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/sase⏱️ Timestamps00:37 — Blog run-through: AI Security for Apps, RFC 9457 agent errors, API vulnerability scanner02:17 — Nvidia Nemotron 3 Super on Cloudflare03:29 — What is agile SASE and Cloudflare One?05:44 — Composability and programmability explained07:53 — Built on Cloudflare’s global network vs legacy vendors09:07 — The truly programmable SASE platform10:04 — Custom gateway policies with Cloudflare Workers12:16 — Post-quantum encryption in Cloudflare One13:14 — Harvest now, decrypt later14:34 — Boot-to-login security with the Cloudflare One client17:35 — Independent MFA in Cloudflare Access19:13 — Deepfake defense and Nametag partnership22:15 — User risk scoring and adaptive access25:26 — Data security: DLP, CASB, and browser-based RDP27:21 — Microsoft 365 Copilot visibility29:05 — Partner stories: TachTech and Adapture33:09 — Zero Trust onboarding with Terraform35:25 — Key takeaways

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare threat intelligence experts Brian Carter and Chris Peacey to break down the 2026 Cloudflare Threat Report and what it reveals about today’s cyber threat landscape.We discuss how threat intelligence helps organizations prioritize risks, how attackers are increasingly leveraging automation and AI tools, and why botnets, supply-chain attacks, and credential-theft campaigns continue to evolve.The conversation explores how attackers gain initial access, how criminal ecosystems operate across infrastructure providers and services, and how AI is beginning to influence reconnaissance, social engineering, and large-scale campaigns.We also examine geopolitical dimensions of cyber operations, the growing sophistication of phishing and identity attacks, and the role of threat intelligence in helping defenders anticipate and mitigate attacks before they escalate.Check the full 2026 Cloudflare Threat Report⏱️ Timestamps00:12 — Introduction: Special 2026 Threat Report edition00:58 — Threat Intelligence: Helping organizations prioritize defense01:53 — Global Trends: Identity weaponization and hyper-volumetric attacks04:44 — Record-breaking DDoS: Attack volume doubled from 2024 to 202505:40 — AI and cybercrime: shrinking the time from access to data theft08:10 — Living off the Cloud: Malware hidden inside Google Calendar and OneDrive10:43 — State-sponsored evolution: Cyber activity linked to the Ukraine war11:28 — Persistent espionage: Chinese and Iranian state actors13:56 — Industrialized cybercrime: Effectiveness over elegance16:35 — The recruitment attack: Deepfakes in remote hiring processes19:01 — Laptop farms: North Korean operators inside Western companies21:28 — Detecting AI interviewees and “digital tics”23:13 — Token theft: How attackers bypass MFA protections25:40 — Human-in-the-loop phishing: Building trust before the payload27:54 — Infrastructure rug-pulling: The “Nasty Shrew” campaign31:52 — Advice for CISOs: Managing third-party integration risks33:55 — Disrupting the chain: Neutralizing 400+ malicious domains in 2025

In this episode of This Week in NET (the second this week focused on building with AI), host João Tomé is joined by Steve Faulkner, Engineering Director at Cloudflare, to discuss how he rebuilt a Next.js-compatible framework in just one week using AI. The project, called vinext, began as an experiment and evolved into a working proof of concept.We explore what AI-first development looks like in practice, how coding agents were used to rewrite and test large API surfaces, and what happens when you treat dependencies as something you can regenerate rather than maintain manually.The results were surprising: faster local builds, smaller bundles, deployment to Workers with a single command, and a total AI token cost of roughly $1,100.We also discuss:• Using voice-to-code workflows (SuperWhisper + local models)• AI reviewing code multiple times• Whether AI-assisted rebuilds will become common• What this means for 2026 and beyondMentioned blog posts:How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week⏱️ Timestamps 0:12 — Introduction: the latest on the Cloudflare blog (monitoring post-quantum encryption and ASPA routing; JavaScript Streams — why we deserve a better API)3:22 — Steve’s role and Workers platform overview4:34 — How the idea came to be6:11 — When AI tools became “good enough”7:13 — Tooling setup: OpenCode, Claude, parallel agents9:03 — AI beyond coding: management and markdown workflows10:58 — What AI-first development actually means12:03 — Performance gains: 4x faster builds, 57% smaller bundles14:11 — ~$100 in tokens: the real cost15:35 — Deploying to Workers with one command17:25 — Community feedback and early adoption19:09 — Will AI rebuild other frameworks?20:25 — Voice-to-code workflows (SuperWhisper, Parakeet)23:31 — Traffic-Aware Pre-Generation (TPR) explained25:23 — Production caution and security26:19 — How to get started (use AI to migrate your app)27:12 — The big takeaway: AI is changing how we build software

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Matt Curry to break down Code Mode: a way to give AI agents access to the entire Cloudflare API (2,500+ endpoints) using two tools and roughly ~1,000 tokens of context.  Instead of exposing thousands of individual tools (which quickly becomes expensive and brittle), Code Mode lets the model write JavaScript to search and execute against a compact API context. The result is massive compression, lower cost, and better performance.We also include demos showing how agents can query real infrastructure, navigate multiple accounts, and build things like multiplayer experiences using Durable Objects and WebSockets.⏱️ Timestamps 0:53 — Intro: agents, MCP, tokens, and what Code Mode means2:53 — Why exposing 2,500+ endpoints as tools doesn’t scale6:49 — How Code Mode works: generate an SDK and let the model write code9:57 — Demo: querying deployed Workers and infrastructure14:37 — Multiplayer with Durable Objects (live demo “wow” moment)24:32 — Compression stats: 2 million tokens → ~1,000 tokens27:26 — Code Mode SDK v2 and wrapping your own APIs31:52 — The Sandbox: running untrusted code safely38:03 — What’s next: progressive disclosure and MCP evolutionMentioned blog posts:Code Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokens

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Celso Martinho, VP of Engineering at Cloudflare, to discuss two major launches: Markdown for Agents and Moltworker (for OpenClaw) — and what they signal about the future of AI agents on the Internet.Celso explains how Markdown for Agents was conceived, built, and shipped in just one week, why AI systems prefer markdown over HTML, and how converting a typical blog post from 16,000 HTML tokens to roughly 3,000 markdown tokens can reduce cost, improve speed, and increase accuracy for AI models. We also explore Moltworker, a proof-of-concept showing how a personal AI agent originally designed to run on a Mac Mini can instead run on Cloudflare’s global network using Workers, R2, Browser Rendering, AI Gateway, and Zero Trust.We discuss observability for AI crawlers, new monetization models for publishers, the rapid growth of agent ecosystems, and why AI is becoming less hype and more infrastructure.Mentioned blog posts:Introducing Markdown for AgentsIntroducing Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis⏱️ Timestamps1:15 — Introducing Markdown for Agents1:46 — From idea to ship in one week2:37 — Why AI systems prefer markdown over HTML3:30 — HTML “packaging” vs semantic content4:39 — How Cloudflare converts HTML to markdown in real time5:19 — Token savings: 16,000 vs 3,000 tokens6:29 — Context windows, cost, and AI efficiency8:21 — Tracking markdown trends in Cloudflare Radar9:05 — Live demo: content negotiation header with curl11:07 — AI projects in Lisbon: AI Search, PaperCrawl, and more12:36 — Observability and new monetization models for publishers13:56 — What is OpenClaw and why it went viral14:54 — From Hacker News to Cloudflare in hours17:06 — Running OpenClaw on Cloudflare instead of a Mac Mini18:05 — Why this is a proof of concept (not a product)20:06 — Architecture: Zero Trust, Workers, R2, Browser Rendering, AI Gateway22:32 — Demo: AI agent records and posts a video automatically24:53 — 10,000 GitHub stars and open source support26:11 — AI in 2026: intensifying work, not replacing it

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Emily Hancock, Cloudflare’s Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer, for a wide-ranging conversation about privacy in 2026 and how the role has evolved in the age of AI.Emily explains how privacy officers shifted from GDPR compliance to broader data governance, responsible AI practices, cybersecurity collaboration, and cross-border data frameworks. We explore privacy by design, data minimization, vendor risk, government requests, warrant canaries, digital sovereignty, insider threats, and how AI is reshaping both attacker and defender capabilities.We also discuss Cloudflare’s approach to responsible AI, how teams use internal controls to avoid misuse of customer data, and why “human in the loop” remains essential for accuracy, safety, and trust.Check the Cloudflare Blog: blog.cloudflare.com1:53 — Blogs roundup 3:58 — How the CPO role has evolved since GDPR7:04 — From GDPR to AI governance9:46 — Privacy + cybersecurity: breaches, notifications, preparedness14:08 — “Fire doors” and incident containment14:56 — Privacy by design & data minimization20:07 — Government requests, due process, and transparency22:08 — Warrant canaries & what Cloudflare will never do23:17 — Digital sovereignty: localization and global differences26:25 — Data Localization Suite & Metadata Boundary28:06 — AI and privacy: rules, training, customer protections29:35 — Cloudflare’s AI principles31:32 — AI sovereignty & running inference close to users32:19 — “AI as an intern”: accuracy and human review34:31 — Protecting personal data when using AI36:20 — What’s coming in 2026: regulation & fragmentation38:37 — Insider threats & Zero Trust40:33 — Emily’s privacy wish list for 2026

In this episode, David Belson — Cloudflare’s Head of Data Insights — joins us to walk through the biggest Internet disruptions of late 2025 and early 2026.At the start, we also highlight several new posts on the Cloudflare Blog: Moltworker, a self-hosted personal AI agent built with OpenClaw (former MoltBot and ClawdBot) and Cloudflare’s Developer Platform; Post-Quantum Matrix Homeserver, a proof-of-concept encrypted messaging server running entirely on Cloudflare Workers; Route Leak Incident (Jan 22), what happened in Miami and how routing policy safeguards are being improved; Google’s AI Advantage, why crawler separation is needed for fair competition and better protection for publishers.We then go into the major Internet trends, including the storm-related disruption in three regions in Portugal this week. Our main focus is the government-directed nationwide shutdown in Iran. Then we also go over Q4 2025 disruptions: repeated weather-driven outages across Africa and the Caribbean, submarine cable failures, DNS anomalies, and the persistent risk of centralized points of failure. David also explains how Starlink’s global footprint is reshaping Radar visibility — and why the Internet remains remarkably resilient despite a turbulent quarter.Mentioned blog posts: Cable cuts, storms, and DNS: a look at Internet disruptions in Q4 2025Introducing Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minisRoute leak incident on January 22, 2026Building a serverless, post-quantum Matrix homeserver⏱️ Timestamps0:30 — Weekly blog roundup (Moltworker, Route Leak, Google’s AI Advantage)4:13 — Storm impact in Portugal: what Radar saw in Leiria, Santarém, and Coimbra11:55 — Iran’s multi-week Internet shutdown: scale, signals, and how it unfolded18:15 — The “National Information Network”: partial access, allowlisting, and blocked services21:24 — Power vs. connectivity: how electricity failures show up as Internet outages22:33 — Q4 global round-up: Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and cyclone-driven disruptions30:32 — Technical failures: ISP issues, DNS problems, routing mistakes, and what Radar detects33:47 — The future of Radar: Starlink visibility, provider-level metrics, and disruption heat maps

In this first 2026 edition of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Patrick Day from Cloudflare’s Impact & Policy team to break down the recently released Cloudflare Impact Report — including how Cloudflare supports elections, protects journalists, advances Internet standards, and expands access to secure AI infrastructure.At the start, we also go over some of our recent blog posts:• Acquisitions: Astro and Human Native join the Cloudflare ecosystem.• Technical Deep Dive: How a small DNS optimization in 1.1.1.1 exposed a decades-old ambiguity in early Internet standards.• Global Trends: A severe government-directed Internet shutdown in Iran and BGP anomalies observed in Venezuela.Mentioned topics:Cloudflare Impact ReportThe Cloudflare Blog

In this end-of-year episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Omer Yoachimik, Senior Product Manager for DDoS Protection at Cloudflare, to break down the realities of the 2025 DDoS threat landscape — and what’s coming next.They discuss how DDoS attacks reached previously “theoretical” scales in 2025, including record-breaking 31 Tbps attacks, the rise of massive botnets like Aisuru, and how geopolitical events increasingly shape cyber activity. Omer explains why traditional scrubbing-center defenses are becoming obsolete, how Cloudflare’s autonomous, globally distributed mitigation works, and why automation and real-time intelligence are now essential.The conversation closes with practical advice for organizations, common myths about DDoS risk, and what to expect in 2026 as attacks grow larger, faster, and more sophisticated.DDoS threats related blog posts: https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/ddos/

In this special Year in Review episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by David Belson to break down the Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review.Together, they explore what Cloudflare’s global network reveals about how the Internet evolved over the past year — from the rapid rise of AI crawlers and agent traffic, to record-breaking DDoS attacks, the spread of post-quantum encryption, and the growing impact of government-directed shutdowns and outages.The conversation looks at Internet resilience, security trends, and performance across countries, as well as what changed in Internet services, mobile platforms, and connectivity in 2025, and what these signals might tell us about 2026.Explore the full Radar Year in Review microsite.Read the related blog posts on the Cloudflare Blog:The 2025 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review: The rise of AI, post-quantum, and record-breaking DDoS attacksChatGPT's rivals, Kwai's quiet rise: the top Internet services of 2025

In this short episode of This Week in NET, Craig Dennis, Senior Developer Educator for AI at Cloudflare, explains why Replicate is joining Cloudflare, and what that means for developers building with AI.Replicate is widely known for making it easy to run thousands of high-quality AI models, from image generation and video to audio and language models, all through a simple, developer-friendly API. Craig breaks down why Replicate became such an important part of the AI ecosystem, and how bringing it into Cloudflare helps make Workers the best place to build and deploy AI and agentic workflows.And there’s a bonus: we’re giving away Replicate credits so you can try models yourself. Stay tuned to the episode to learn how to get access and start experimenting.Mentioned blog posts:Why Replicate is joining Cloudflare

In this episode of This Week in NET, we talk with Daniele Molteni, Director of Product Management for Cloudflare’s WAF, about how Cloudflare responded within hours to a newly disclosed React Server Components vulnerability — deploying global protection before the public advisory was even released.That speed matters. In just the first 11 days after disclosure, Cloudflare observed more than 1 billion exploitation attempts related to React2Shell, with sustained pressure averaging over 4 million hits per hour, and peaks far higher. Threat actors quickly integrated the vulnerability into large-scale scanning and reconnaissance, targeting even critical infrastructure. If you run React, upgrading is urgent.Daniele explains how WAF rules are built, how new payload logging improvements help customers understand real attack traffic, and what’s coming next in 2026 — including Firewall for AI, fraud detection, and safer, gradual rule rollouts.To close the episode, Systems Engineer Steve James gives a hands-on demo of a real-time multiplayer chess app running inside ChatGPT, built with the Agents SDK and Cloudflare Workers.Mentioned blog posts:React2Shell and related RSC vulnerabilities threat brief: early exploitation activity and threat actor techniquesCloudflare WAF proactively protects against React vulnerabilityGet better visibility for the WAF with payload logging

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé sits down with Stephanie Cohen, Cloudflare’s Chief Strategy Officer, for a candid conversation about AI, content creators, financial services, partnerships, and the future of the Internet.Stephanie shares how Cloudflare is helping keep the Internet open and resilient — from giving creators transparency and control over AI scraping, to enabling new models of agentic commerce through partnerships with Visa and Mastercard, to empowering organizations of all sizes through Cloudflare’s global network.The conversation also explores the rise of Agentic Commerce, where AI agents can complete secure payments on behalf of users. Stephanie explains how this shift is emerging, why trust and standards matter, and how Cloudflare is working with key financial institutions to make it safe.They also discuss what innovation looks like inside large companies, how AI is reshaping industries, and why Cloudflare sees itself as an enabler for both creators and the long tail of innovators.

Cloudflare Principal Network Engineer Tom Strickx joins This Week in NET to explain what really keeps the Internet running. From anchors cutting submarine cables to automation detecting bad Internet weather, Tom shares an inside look at how one of the world’s largest networks operates — and why human trust still matters in keeping the Internet alive.We talk about:How Cloudflare’s global network evolved since 2017The hidden fragility of the Internet (and why it still works)Routing leaks, Anycast, and automationAI’s growing role in network reliabilityWhat it’s like inside real data centersSubscribe for more weekly conversations on Internet trends, infrastructure, and technology:ThisWeekinNET.com

In this second part of our previous episode, host João Tomé talks with André Jesus, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare and front-end engineer on the Radar team. They discuss the latest updates to Cloudflare Radar, the platform that turns Internet data into accessible insights.André, who joined Cloudflare as an intern in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2024, explains how radar.cloudflare.com showcases trends in Internet traffic, protocol adoption, and security. He walks us through Radar’s new Top-Level Domain (TLD) insights, how the team uses DNS magnitude to measure domain popularity, and why certificate transparency is crucial for a safer web.The conversation also goes into outage monitoring, the Data Explorer and URL scanner tools, and how users around the world are finding surprising Internet trends — like the rise of Linux usage in France.

In this episode, host João Tomé talks with Marwan Fayed, Principal Scientist and Research Lead at Cloudflare, about the science behind understanding and improving the Internet.They explore the Research Week blog takeover on Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency, discussing the tricky science of Internet measurement — including a traffic spike in Ukraine that revealed how complex it is to explain data at scale. Marwan shares how Cloudflare is building a framework for Internet resilience, preparing for a post-quantum future with Merkle tree certificates, and tackling the “store now, decrypt later” risk. They also cover Cloudflare’s work to identify users behind Carrier-Grade NAT, innovations in protocol defense, anonymous credentials, and the story behind WARP VPN.At the heart of it all: how to make the Internet safer, faster, and more transparent, at global scale.Learn more in the blog series: https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/research/

In this special episode, host João Tomé reports from Cloudflare Connect Las Vegas (October 13-16) — the company’s first-ever global event, bringing together customers, partners, and developers from over 60 countries.In the intro, we also share what’s coming next week on the Cloudflare blog — a special five-day series focused on Internet Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency: the foundations of a faster, safer, and more reliable web for everyone.The episode covers major announcements, including Cloudflare’s partnership with Mastercard and Visa to secure automated commerce with AI agents through the new Trusted Agent Protocol and Agent Pay (Web Bot Auth).We also feature clips from rapper and actor Common, who reflects on creativity, connection, and humanity in the age of AI.Additionally, João speaks with several Cloudflare team members shaping the Internet’s future:James Allworth, Head of Innovation — on the relaunch of the Workers website, designed to reflect Cloudflare’s developer platform for the AI era.David “Tubes” Tuber, Director of Product Management, Network — on how Cloudflare keeps the Internet fast and reliable, and the story behind Orpheus, a system that ensures the best network path.Kenton Varda, Principal Systems Engineer and creator of Workers — on benchmark results, CPU performance, and the future of AI agents that write code securely inside Workers isolates.Full interviews with each guest will be published in the coming weeks.Mentioned content:Cloudflare Connect 2025Workers.cloudflare.comSecuring agentic commerce: helping AI Agents transact with Visa and MastercardUnpacking Cloudflare Workers CPU Performance BenchmarksCode Mode: the better way to use MCP

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Leslie Hasvold, Senior Director of Corporate Events, Programs & Customer Advocacy, and Craig Dennis, Senior Developer Educator for AI, to talk about Cloudflare’s first global Connect conference in Las Vegas and the launch of AI Avenue, a new documentary series exploring how people around the world are learning, experimenting, and building with AI.We cover what to expect from Connect Las Vegas, from 100+ breakout sessions to keynotes focused on AI, innovation, and the future of the Internet — and we go behind the scenes of AI Avenue to learn how AI is reshaping creativity, education, and development.Know more:Connect 2025 Las VegasAI Avenue show

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Senior Product Managers Korinne Alpers and Nikita Cano to recap all the announcements from Cloudflare’s 15th Birthday Week.We cover AI, developer tools, security, performance, and how Cloudflare continues to give back to the Internet.Highlights include: • AI & Security: Firewall for AI, Shadow AI protection, and Content Signals Policy. • For Creators & Nonprofits: Project Galileo expansion and new tools to control how AI uses content. • New Economy: NET Dollar and the x402 Foundation with Coinbase. • Developer Platform Upgrades: Cap’n Web RPC, VibeSDK, AI Search updates, PQC in WARP, and more. • Investing in the Future: 1,111 interns in 2026 plus new student and startup programs.Full list of announcements: cloudflare.com/birthday-week

In this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010. We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next. At the end, don’t miss a special easter egg from the journalist who first covered Cloudflare’s launch. Follow all Birthday Week 2025 announcements: cloudflare.com/birthday-week

Birthday Week is Cloudflare’s biggest innovation week — and this year is extra special as we celebrate our 15th birthday. Each year, we pause to reflect on our journey, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and look ahead to what’s next, all while staying true to our mission of helping build a better Internet. In this episode of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Nikita Cano to preview what’s coming in Birthday Week 2025: democratizing development, building a smarter and more open web, securing the future by default, the future of development on Cloudflare, and new performance and networking upgrades. Don’t miss our special Sunday episode at ThisWeekinNET.com, featuring Cloudflare co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn reflecting on how Cloudflare came to be 15 years ago. Follow all announcements at: https://cloudflare.com/birthday-week

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenny Johnson (Principal Product Manager) to review everything announced during the week — across Cloudflare One, Application Security, Workers AI, AI Gateway, and Radar. Full list of blog posts at: cloudflare.com/ai-week

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Inanna Malick, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, to talk about how she built a serverless version of a real-time social app that connects to the ATProto ecosystem — the protocol powering platforms like Bluesky. Inanna walks us through her blog post and technical journey, showing how she used Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and the free tier of our Developer Platform to deploy an open, identity-owned, cryptographically verified social experience — all without running a server. They discuss what makes ATProto different, how Statusphere works (the “Hello World” of open social apps), and what might be coming next in the world of decentralized platforms. Plus: how WebSockets and Durable Objects can be combined to create live, real-time updates — all running serverlessly. Later in the episode, we check in with Keith Adler, Machine Learning Engineer, to hear how Cloudflare is making it easier to explore your data with Python notebooks powered by Marimo. Mentioned blog posts: Serverless Statusphere: a walk through building serverless ATProto applications on Cloudflare’s Developer Platform Explore your Cloudflare data with Python notebooks, powered by marimo

We continue our 100th episode celebration of This Week in NET with a special look back at memorable moments from past guests and a quick rundown of the latest Cloudflare blog stories. From Internet pioneers like Geoff Huston, to Cloudflare co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, and leaders like Nicholas Thompson (The Atlantic) and Chris Anderson (TED), many Cloudflare experts, and John Graham-Cumming, that started this podcast with João Tomé in 2022. We revisit highlights from some of the most insightful conversations we’ve had over the past 3 years. We also cover what’s new on the Cloudflare blog — including Jetflow, the White House AI Action Plan, the Q2 2025 DDoS report, and more. Join us as we celebrate 100 episodes of This Week in NET.

In this special conversation, João Tomé sits down with John Graham-Cumming, Cloudflare’s former CTO and current board member, to look back at Cloudflare’s journey — from Universal SSL and Heartbleed to Workers, Radar, and what’s next for the Internet. Topics & Timecodes: 00:58 – Favorite Cloudflare Moments: Universal SSL & Heartbleed Impact 04:36 – The Philosophy of Offering Free Services 09:20 – Evolution and Impact of the Cloudflare Blog 14:23 – Unique Cloudflare Teams: Crypto/Research Team 17:37 – The Lava Lamp Wall Story 20:41 – Key Moments for Zero Trust and Workers 22:50 – The Origin of Workers and Culture of Freedom 25:36 – The 1.1.1.1 Public Resolver Story 27:51 – The Legacy and Importance of the Cloudflare Blog 29:56 – The Value of Radar and Transparency 30:53 – Cloudflare’s Future as an Iconic Internet Company Don’t miss Part 2 of our 100th episode celebration, featuring highlights from past guests and the latest Cloudflare blog stories.

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Will Allen, Cloudflare’s VP of Product Management, to discuss Pay-Per-Crawl and our new permission-based model for AI bots. These updates, launched on July 1, 2025 — what we call Content Independence Day — aim to reshape how AI models access and reward content, shifting from an opt-out to an opt-in approach. Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, also appears in a video at the start, reflecting on Content Independence Day. We explore how AI Overviews are changing the old “traffic for content” model and how Cloudflare is helping creators take control through tools like AI Audit. Plus: the future of trustworthy content, bot authentication, and the rise of a fairer content economy. Send us your questions for a future episode on these topics at [email protected]. Check the mentioned blog posts here: https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/pay-per-crawl/

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Kenton Varda, Principal Engineer at Cloudflare, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, code, and the evolution of Internet development. Kenton shares how a real-world project shifted his view from AI skepticism to seeing the promise of AI-assisted coding, while emphasizing the need for strong human review, especially for security. The episode also dives into the architecture of Cloudflare Workers and its first months, Durable Objects, and the vision of the Internet as one programmable computer: “the network is the computer”. Looking ahead, Kenton predicts a new era of developers powered by AI assistants — building more custom apps than ever — and explains why Cloudflare Workers is built to support that future. Mentioned blog posts: Introducing Cloudflare Workers: Run JavaScript Service Workers at the Edge (2017) Defending the Internet: how Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack Everything you need to know about NIST’s new guidance in “SP 1800-35: Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture” Cloudflare Log Explorer is now GA, providing native observability and forensics Connect any React application to an MCP server in three lines of code Cloudflare service outage June 12, 2025

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office by Scott Tomtania, a seasoned recruiting leader at Cloudflare, to discuss the company's incredible growth, its unique hiring philosophy, and how AI is shaping the future of recruitment. Scott shares insights on how Cloudflare maintains its unique culture amidst rapid expansion, the rigorous selection process (including C-level interviews for every candidate!), and the evolving role of AI in talent acquisition. Discover what it takes to join one of the Internet's most impactful companies. We also have Jocelyn Woolbright talk about how our Project Galileo is helping NGOs and vulnerable groups for 11 years now. Mentioned blog posts: Celebrating 11 years of Project Galileo’s global impact

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office by Cloudflare Senior Research Engineer Thibault Meunier to explore a new proposal that could reshape how bots interact with the web in the age of AI. We go into Cloudflare’s proposal of using cryptographic signatures for bots, enabling websites to verify their identity. Why is this important? As AI systems rely increasingly on online content, this standard could help build a better relationship between content creators and AI platforms. To wrap up, Principal Engineer Kevin Guthrie walks us through the blog post “Performance measurements… and the people who love them”, which explores how teams can better measure, visualize, and communicate web performance, beyond raw metrics. Mentioned blog posts: Forget IPs: using cryptography to verify bot and agent traffic Performance measurements… and the people who love them

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Product Managers Nevi Shah and Dina Kozlov to go into the world of MCP (Model Context Protocol), and why it’s gaining traction fast. We explore what MCP is, why it matters now, and how developers can easily spin up their own MCP servers on Cloudflare. The episode includes live demos, practical use cases, and a look at how companies like Stripe, PayPal, and Anthropic are getting involved. We also cover the latest from the AI and agent ecosystem, including announcements from Microsoft Build, Google I/O, OpenAI’s new responses API, and Anthropic’s growing MCP support. To wrap things up, Nevi and Dina answer a round of fast questions: What’s the biggest technical challenge with MCP today? Best surprise you’ve seen from a developer? Favorite new server or integration? And: Why should people try MCP right now? We also highlight recent posts on the Cloudflare blog. Mentioned blog posts: Thirteen new MCP servers from Cloudflare you can use today MCP Demo Day: How 10 leading AI companies built MCP servers on Cloudflare Resolving a request smuggling vulnerability in Pingora Bringing connections into view: real-time BGP route visibility on Cloudflare Radar Your IPs, your rules: enabling more efficient address space usage

In this episode of This Week in NET, we sit down at Cloudflare’s Lisbon office in Portugal with one of the Internet’s original architects: Geoff Huston, Chief Scientist at APNIC (the Asia-Pacific Internet registry). From helping build Australia’s first Internet backbone to now shaping global conversations on resilience, routing security, and cryptography, Geoff shares a rare, unfiltered view of how the Internet grew, and where it’s struggling. We dive into the critical topics shaping the next decade: Internet resilience, RPKI, the evolution of DNS, QUIC, post-quantum cryptography, and the rise of AI-driven protocols like MCP. We also ask Geoff: if he could redesign the Internet today, what would he change? And what’s on his wishlist for the future? Plus, a rapid-fire round of questions about the power of sharing in the corporate world. Join us for a candid conversation with someone who has seen — and helped shape — the Internet as we know it, and who loves telling stories about how it all began — from silicon chips to the age of the Internet and AI. Mentioned blog posts (in the intro): Forget IPs: using cryptography to verify bot and agent traffic QUIC restarts, slow problems: udpgrm to the rescue First-party tags in seconds: Cloudflare integrates Google tag gateway for advertisers

In this week’s episode, we talk about DDoS attacks and their sharp rise in recent months. We also start with a quick look at some Internet trends tied to the announcement of the new pope. To guide us through the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, host João Tomé is joined by our DDoS expert, Omer Yoachimik. We go into the latest data from our Q1 2025 DDoS Threat Report, which reveals a 358% year-over-year increase in DDoS attacks — and explore what’s driving that surge. The report also includes late-breaking data from a hyper-volumetric campaign observed in April 2025, featuring some of the largest attacks ever publicly disclosed. We also cover which industries and countries are being targeted more often, like gaming and financial services, and discuss why that might be the case. Mentioned blog posts: Targeted by 20.5 million DDoS attacks, up 358% year-over-year: Cloudflare’s 2025 Q1 DDoS Threat Report

In this week's episode, we talk about Internet disruptions — focusing on the recent major power and Internet blackout, while also reviewing the broader Internet disruptions of Q1 2025. Host João Tomé shares his firsthand experience during the blackout in Lisbon, Portugal, and how an old battery-powered FM radio came to the rescue. He’s joined by David Belson, Head of Data Insights at Cloudflare. In Q1 2025, Internet disruptions were driven by cyberattacks, cable cuts, and natural disasters like the Myanmar earthquake and California wildfires. There were no government-directed shutdowns, making Q1 a rare quarter. Mentioned blog posts: How the April 28, 2025, power outage in Portugal and Spain impacted Internet traffic and connectivity New year, no shutdowns: the Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary

In this week's episode, we continue exploring AI, agents, developers, and how AI is helping developers, and turning more people into developers. For that, host João Tomé chats in the library of our London office with Sunil Pai, Principal Systems Engineer, who’s building AI agents at Cloudflare. Next, recorded two weeks ago at our Connect event in London, we talk with Ashley Peacock, a British engineer and Cloudflare Dev Expert who also wrote the book “Serverless Apps on Cloudflare”. We discuss building with Cloudflare, the challenges that come with AI, and whether making things too easy for new developers could create issues — and what lies ahead for the dev community. We also bring back our short segment “Social Love”, highlighting the amazing feedback Cloudflare’s Developer Week got online. To wrap up, we recap the week: YouTube celebrated 20 years since its first video, and we highlight our recent blog posts — the Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary, Kelly Russell on why she joined as Chief People Officer, and Mark Jenkins on why he came to build world-class partnerships in EMEA. Note: Sunil Pai and Craig Dennis have also been hosting a live show called Dry Run, available on Cloudflare TV and our Developer YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CloudflareWorkers Mentioned content: Developer Week 2025 hub: cloudflare.com/developer-week/ Developer Week 2025 wrap-up Simple, scalable, and global: Containers are coming to Cloudflare Workers in June 2025 New year, no shutdowns: the Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary Why I joined Cloudflare: to build world-class partnerships in EMEA Why I joined Cloudflare as Chief People Officer — Kelly Russell

This episode is all about our second innovation week of the year: Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined in person at Cloudflare’s London office by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, and Craig Dennis, Developer Educator. There’s a lot to go through — new tools and announcements launched during this April week. The vibe in the developer world, with AI, agents, and code-first energy, is contagious. More people, even non-developers, are now empowered to build their own tools and applications. We go over announcements that reinforce why Cloudflare is the place where builders should create AI agents. We’ve also added observability tools, made deploying existing applications to Cloudflare frictionless, enhanced our platform for enterprise users, and introduced updates that make it the future of global data experiences. Topics such as Workflows, Hyperdrive, AutoRAG, and support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) are discussed. We also explain how MCP introduces a new standard for how LLMs interface with the world. Other highlights include Realtime, RealtimeKit, and much more. Check our Developer Week hub: cloudflare.com/developer-week/

In this week's episode, we set the stage for Cloudflare’s second innovation week of the year — Developer Week. Host João Tomé is joined by Ricky Robinett, VP of Developer Relations, to preview what to expect when Developer Week kicks off on April 7, with announcements running through April 11, 2025. There we also mention how developers can now build and deploy remote MCP servers to Cloudflare. Next, Craig Dennis, Developer Educator at Cloudflare, explains what Workers — our developer platform — is all about, and why even non-developers should try building with it. We also honor the American network engineer Dave Täht, who passed away this week. Tom Strickx, Principal Network Engineer at Cloudflare, shares how Dave’s contributions helped build a better Internet. Without his engineering and advocacy work, FQ-CoDel wouldn’t exist, and modern low-latency networking, from Wi-Fi and Starlink to video conferencing, would likely be far worse today. Finally, we round up some recent blog highlights: from an April 1 launch to a deep technical post. And also John Graham-Cumming’s journey from programmer and CTO to joining Cloudflare’s board of directors — Dane Knecht, formerly SVP of Emerging Technology and Incubation, has been named Cloudflare’s new CTO. Mentioned blog posts: Three chapters at Cloudflare: Programmer to CTO to Board of Directors Project Jengo for Sable — final winners! A steam locomotive from 1993 broke my yarn test “You get Instant Purge, and you get Instant Purge!” — all purge methods now available to all customers Build and deploy Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to Cloudflare Improve your media pipelines with the Images binding for Cloudflare Workers Security Week 2025: in review Follow our Developer Week hub: cloudflare.com/developer-week/

This episode is all about our first innovation week of the year, Security Week. Host João Tomé (based in Lisbon, Portugal) is joined by Alex Dunbrack and Adam Martinetti, both Senior Product Managers at Cloudflare, based in the San Francisco area. On the table for discussion: a glimpse into some of the announcements Cloudflare made last week, covering topics such as a safer Internet for all; threat research and intelligence (observability); security for AI models and applications; using AI against AI threats; data security everywhere; and simplicity and ease of use, with an improved security dashboard experience. Check our Security Week 2025 Hub here: cloudflare.com/security-week/ Security Week: in review

We’re back with new episodes in 2025, kicking off this week with a Security Week teaser. Host João Tomé is joined by Michael Tremante, Sr. Director of Product Management, to discuss what to expect from our first innovation week of the year, starting next week. They also explore the security landscape in 2025 and the importance of simplicity. Next, we talk about our new wall of entropy—a wave machine installation in the reception of our Lisbon office, contributing to Internet security. Caroline Quick, Head of Real Estate & Workplace Operations, shares how the project came to life and why waves are the perfect fit for our Portugal office. Finally, in honor of Pi Day (March 14), Thibault Meunier, an engineer from our Research team, explains why Pi (π ≈ 3.14159…) is a fundamental mathematical constant, shaping engineering, computing, and quantum physics. Related blog posts: Chaos in Cloudflare’s Lisbon office: securing the Internet with wave motion Check our Security Week Hub (March 17-21, 2025) here: cloudflare.com/security-week/

Join host João Tomé and Cloudflare's CTO John Graham-Cumming for the final episode of "This Week in Net" in 2024, broadcasting from a rainy Lisbon, Portugal. The conversation reflects on Cloudflare's achievements throughout the year, including significant developments in Workers platform, AI capabilities, and hardware innovations. The episode explores predictions for 2025, examining the intersection of AI and privacy, quantum-resistant encryption, and cybersecurity threats. John Graham-Cumming shares his perspective on how AI capabilities will become more seamlessly integrated into daily life. Looking ahead to emerging technology trends, the discussion covers IoT devices, DDoS attacks, and zero trust architecture adoption. Cloudflare’s CTO offers insights into the tech industry's shift toward energy efficiency and reduced carbon footprints as AI computing demands continue to grow.