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NET in “The Web Loses Its Clicks”

Cloudflare, Inc.

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Cloudflare can monetize AI inference, agent connectivity and tools that let website owners control or charge automated crawlers for content access.

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The Web Loses Its Clicks

AI answers and agents are replacing links, weakening the economics of search, marketplaces and the open web.

BULL side — Cloudflare can monetize AI inference, agent connectivity and tools that let website owners control or charge automated crawlers for content access.

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Bull side

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  • NET in “The Web Loses Its Clicks”

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    AI answers and agents are replacing links, weakening the economics of search, marketplaces and the open web.

    Cloudflare can monetize AI inference, agent connectivity and tools that let website owners control or charge automated crawlers for content access.

  • SaaSpocalypse

    NET in “SaaSpocalypse”

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    Seat-based software meets agents that don't need seats.

    Its global edge network can monetize agent traffic through inference, security and developer services that scale with usage rather than employee seats.

  • AI Agents Tax the Open Web

    NET in “AI Agents Tax the Open Web”

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    Answers replace links, rewarding platforms with proprietary audiences while starving businesses built on search referrals.

    Cloudflare can help website owners identify, block or charge AI crawlers while selling infrastructure for agentic applications.

  • Cybersecurity Collapses Into Platforms

    NET in “Cybersecurity Collapses Into Platforms”

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    Security budgets are shifting from sprawling toolkits to a handful of integrated vendors.

    Cloudflare delivers networking, application security and zero-trust services through one global edge network.

Bear side

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  • Sovereign Cloud Gets a Real Budget

    NET in “Sovereign Cloud Gets a Real Budget”

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    Governments are paying a premium to keep sensitive data, software and infrastructure under domestic control.

    Requirements for domestic operators and locally controlled encryption can force Cloudflare to duplicate its global edge architecture or exclude sensitive traffic from its shared network.