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Cloudflare cuts about 1,100 jobs while redirecting resources toward the AI era
Confirmed reporting
Cloudflare announced a workforce reduction of about 20%, equivalent to roughly 1,100 jobs, while reporting record quarterly revenue. Management said the cuts affected teams and geographies broadly, with quota-carrying sales roles excluded, and framed the change around operating in the agentic-AI era.
Candidate interpretation
A company-wide reduction of this scale is a strong stability warning even alongside revenue growth. Candidates should verify whether the specific organization was cut, how workloads changed and whether the advertised position is truly new, backfill hiring or part of a protected revenue function.