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Cloudflare beat earnings, cut 1,100 jobs because AI agents do the work now, and lost a quarter of its stock price in a day

ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Cloudflare posted record-high first-quarter revenue, up roughly 34% year-over-year to about $640 million, while its net income fell more than 13% after hours. The company said AI agents rendered about 1,100 positions obsolete, prompting a workforce reduction of that size. In the same session, its shares slumped roughly a quarter in a single day.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M, plans to cut 1,100+ jobs as it shifts to an "agentic AI-first operating model"; NET drops 13%+ after hours (Ignacio Gonzalez/Bloomberg)
- TechCrunch·Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high
- The Next Web·Cloudflare beat earnings, cut 1,100 jobs because AI agents do the work now, and lost a quarter of its stock price in a day
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