--- title: "Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high" url: https://daily.dev/posts/cloudflare-says-ai-made-1-100-jobs-obsolete-even-as-revenue-hit-a-record-high-egkmyh2zr source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/cloudflare-says-ai-made-1100-jobs-obsolete-even-as-revenue-hit-a-record-high type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-05-08T18:38:03.779Z updated: 2026-05-13T14:31:30.204Z tags: ["cloudflare", "vibe-coding"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Cloudflare announced its first-ever mass layoff, cutting approximately 1,100 employees (20% of its workforce), even as it reported record quarterly revenue of $639.8 million — a 34% year-over-year increase. CEO Matthew Prince attributed the cuts entirely to AI-driven productivity gains, not cost-cutting, saying internal AI usage surged 600% in three months and that employees are now 2x to 100x more productive. The entire R&D team uses Cloudflare's own Workers platform including its vibe coding feature, with 100% of AI-generated code reviewed by autonomous AI agents. Prince argued that highly productive AI-empowered employees require fewer support staff, and predicted Cloudflare will have more total employees by 2027 than at any point in 2026. The move mirrors a growing pattern at Meta, Microsoft, and Google of pairing strong revenue growth with AI-justified layoffs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@carsonstricker** · 1 upvotes > Now more than ever I'm glad to be part of a small company that values it's employees. --- Tags: [#cloudflare](https://daily.dev/tags/cloudflare), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cloudflare-says-ai-made-1-100-jobs-obsolete-even-as-revenue-hit-a-record-high-egkmyh2zr)