Labor & HR

Cloudflare Announces 1,100 Layoffs (20% of Workforce) on AI Replacement

May 7 Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% headcount) despite record $640M revenue (+34%), explicitly stating 'AI has fundamentally changed how work gets done.' Stock plummeted 24%.

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