Cloudflare had historically been careful not to over-hire, but its restructuring was driven by the way AI was transforming some teams and their work.

“Um, you know, uh, we'd, we'd always been very, uh, careful not to over-hire and, uh, um, uh... Well, this was for different reasons. Uh, this was 'cause we, we saw the, uh, the, the way AI was transforming some teams, and how they work.”