Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by PriorityLeft » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC

https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/

Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce
reuters.com

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by rohitpaulk » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC

That's 2 major layoffs this week (Coinbase being the other). Is there an underlying common reason for this? And is it indeed AI-driven productivity as both companies claim?

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by tardedmeme » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC

rohitpaulk wrote: post #2

That's 2 major layoffs this week (Coinbase being the other). Is there an underlying common reason for this? And is it indeed AI-driven productivity as both companies claim?

Employees cost money. The ZIRP free-money era has ended. Companies have been laying off tech people for the last few years.

Also the US economy is collapsing, that probably has some relevance.

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by deanputney » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC

Wow, can't say I saw this one coming. Cloudflare has been putting out a lot of strong work lately. What percentage of their workforce is this?

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by sssilver » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC

tardedmeme wrote: post #3

rohitpaulk wrote: post #2

That's 2 major layoffs this week (Coinbase being the other). Is there an underlying common reason for this? And is it indeed AI-driven productivity as both companies claim?

Employees cost money. The ZIRP free-money era has ended. Companies have been laying off tech people for the last few years. Also the US economy is collapsing, that probably has some relevance.

You couldn't tell this by looking at the stock market.

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by age123456gpg » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC

deanputney wrote: post #4

Wow, can't say I saw this one coming. Cloudflare has been putting out a lot of strong work lately. What percentage of their workforce is this?

20%

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by piperswe » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC

Welp, looks like I’m affected. If anyone is looking to hire a systems engineer with distributed systems and load balancing experience, shoot me an email at @piperswe.me :/

I’ll update this with a resume link tonight…

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by pcdevils » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

When you announce 639m USD revenue for q1 Then lay off a thousand people because you love the smell of your ai farts.

Re: Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce

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Post by prymitive » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC

Obviously AI is just a excuse

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Post by peelpod » Thu, May 07, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

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