"Prince is the cofounder and CEO of Cloudflare. Launched in 2010, the internet infrastructure company has found itself increasingly in the position of serving as the web's bodyguard. It filters out bad traffic, keeps sites safe, and stops them from crashing when too many people visit. Its tools defend against DDoS attacks. In 2017, Cloudflare made headlines when it dropped white supremacist site The Daily Stormer. (Maybe Prince's name is ringing a bell now?)"
"Cloudflare's severing of ties with The Daily Stormer marked a momentous shift, one that came after years of claiming a neutral stance. Prince continues to evolve the way Cloudflare works. In July, the company rolled out a new tool tasked with blocking unauthorized AI scraping. It effectively creates a pay-per-crawl model requiring AI platforms to shell out money if they want access to a site's content."
"On this episode of The Big Interview, I talked to Prince about publishing, the old internet, and how his ideal version of the future web means that OpenAI just might become the Netflix of content. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. KATIE DRUMMOND: Good to have you here, Matthew. MATTHEW PRINCE: Thanks for having me. You should have been warned ahead of time, but you probably weren't. We always start these conversations with some rapid-fire questions."
Cloudflare launched in 2010 and functions as an internet infrastructure company that filters malicious traffic, protects sites from crashing, and defends against DDoS attacks. The company ended its claim of strict neutrality when it dropped the white supremacist site The Daily Stormer in 2017. In July, Cloudflare introduced a tool to block unauthorized AI scraping by creating a pay-per-crawl model that requires AI platforms to pay for access to site content. Matthew Prince continues to adjust Cloudflare's approach to platform relationships and envisions futures where large AI platforms could centralize content distribution.
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