Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince Reassesses Internet Business Models Amid AI Scraper Surge

By Nilay Patel · The Verge · 2026-09-26

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince Reassesses Internet Business Models Amid AI Scraper Surge

According to The Verge, Cloudflare has observed that automated bots now represent over half of all web traffic. CEO Matthew Prince is currently positioning the infrastructure firm to mediate between website owners and the AI companies aggressively scraping content to train models

According to The Verge, Cloudflare has observed that automated bots now represent over half of all web traffic. CEO Matthew Prince is currently positioning the infrastructure firm to mediate between website owners and the AI companies aggressively scraping content to train models