Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince
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Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince

B1IntermediateSeptember 2, 202653 min
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Matthew Prince is the co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. Prince joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Cloudflare’s plan to block Google from millions of ad and subscription-supported websites unless publishers choose to opt out. Tune in to hear why he believes Google must pay for access to online content, how AI is destroying the web’s traditional traffic model, and why the era of SEO is coming to an end. We also cover micropayments for publishers, the risks AI agents pose to small businesses, and how commerce could consolidate around a handful of giant companies. Hit play for an u...

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Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool headed and nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond? Well, on the web, AI bots now outnumber humans.

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So we have more AI traffic than human traffic, and that's obviously changing the dynamics and the incentives for news publishers, information publishers, and of course, small businesses.

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So what is gonna happen to the web? Well, today we are lucky to be joined by Matthew Prince. He is the CEO of CloudFlare. He was with us almost exactly a year ago

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