Cloudflare cuts 20% of staff in AI-driven overhaul - MSN
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Cloudflare cuts 20% of staff in AI-driven overhaul - MSN
Cloudflare just cut 20% of its workforce while posting record revenue.
That sentence should scare you a little — but not for the reason you think.
You've probably bought an AI tool that sat unused.
Cloudflare just cut 20% of its workforce while posting record revenue.
That sentence should scare you a little — but not for the reason you think.
You've probably bought an AI tool that sat unused. Maybe $200/month quietly draining out while your team defaulted back to what they knew. That's not a you problem. That's a vendor-sold-you-a-solution-looking-for-a-problem problem.
Here's the real lesson from Cloudflare: AI isn't replacing people randomly. It's eliminating roles where the work is predictable and repeatable. That's actually useful information for you.
Look at your business. Where does your team do the same task the same way every single week? That's your AI starting point — not some grand transformation, just one repeatable task.
One process. One small test. Thirty days to see if it saves time or money.
You don't need to rebuild anything. You don't need to learn new systems. You need to pick one workflow and run a quiet experiment on it this month.
That's how you get your first real AI win — not by following hype, but by solving something specific and boring that actually costs you time.
What's one task your team repeats every week that you wish was just... handled?
Record revenue, slower pace: Q1 revenue rose to $639.8 million, while Q2 revenue is projected at $664–$665 million, below some market forecasts. Stock ...
