The Latest Breaking News from Matthew Prince

‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

After discovery of severe bug in the PHP programming language, executives warn of ‘vulnerability tsunami’

The Guardian - US · Oct 23

AI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts say

AI helped drive a doubling of the number of digital flaws discovered year-on-year, according to research due to be published in the coming days by VulnCheck, a Massachusetts-based threat intelligence firm.

The Economic Times · Oct 23

No breach of Budget security after critical flaw found in PHP, minister says

It comes after cyber security chiefs warned UK organisations that a ‘critical security issue’ had been discovered in programming language PHP.

Evening Standard · Oct 22

AI agents now drive more web traffic than humans — is India any different?

For the first time, artificial intelligence agents have generated more web traffic than humans globally, according to Cloudflare. This shift, driven by the rapid growth of AI agents, means over 57% of HTTP requests now originate from bots, surpassing human activity.

The Economic Times · Jun 7

AI bots are generating more internet traffic than humans for first time in history

Shift likely driven by exponential rise of websites powered by AI

The Independent UK · Jun 5

‘Bots have now passed human traffic online,’ Cloudflare boss laments — says agentic traffic wasn’t expected to eclipse real people until next year

The rapid increase in agentic internet traffic means “bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time in the Internet's history,” remarked CEO and co-founder of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 4

Cloudflare layoffs: After firing 20% staff, CEO Matthew Prince explains in op-ed on "how to decide which employees AI should replace"

Cloudflare layoffs: Cloudflare has laid off over 1,100 employees, nearly 20% of its workforce, despite record revenue growth. CEO Matthew Prince explained the cuts target 'measurers' whose roles are being automated by AI, allowing investment in 'builders' and 'sellers'. The company is restructuring around AI-driven operations, offering generous severance packages.

The Economic Times · May 27

'Shut The F*** Up': Chamath Palihapitiya Slams Cloudflare CEO Over Memo After 1,000 AI Layoffs

Cloudflare laid off over 1,000 employees to shift focus to AI. Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya criticized the CEO's memo, calling it insensitive and harmful to laid-off workers seeking new jobs.

International Business Times UK · May 26

Cloudflare posted record revenue, then cut 20% of its workforce. CEO Matthew Prince says AI has made an entire category of workers obsolete

Prince said in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that the company would cut “measurers” while prioritizing hiring of “builders” and “sellers.”

Fortune · May 21

Cloudflare Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) reported a strong first quarter of 2026, with revenue rising 34% year over year to $639.8 million, as executives said demand tied to AI, agentic workloads and its Workers developer platform continued to accelerate. Co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince said the company began the y

MarketBeat · May 12