Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht makes TIME's 2026 executives list as AI crawlers hit 52% of traffic
dinasaur_404 · x · 2026-09-23
TIME named Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht to its 2026 Tech and Data Executives of the Year list. Key facts:
- By June 2026, 52% of crawler requests Cloudflare saw were for AI training, up from 22% in spring 2025.
- Knecht champions an "agentic and human web that coexist," building infrastructure for AI agents.
- Products: Agent Cloud standardizes running, securing, and connecting agents across model providers; Pay-per-crawl and Monetization Gateway let publishers charge automated systems for access.
More from Companies & People
- Indie dev: after fighting Apple review for a month, every new release brings PTSD — jdluk87 · 2026-09-23
- PrimeIntellect Adds Intern to Optimize Its Inference Stack — willcb · 2026-09-23
- Why OpenAI's vertical push into law and finance is 'dead on arrival' — nicolechirps · 2026-09-23
- tszzl: glossy 3D animation is now the single most important skill for launching a new AI model — tszzl · 2026-09-23
- Sam Altman on his highest-return year: dozens of textbooks, helping people, planting seeds — a16z · 2026-09-23
- WVLNGTH Brighton brings AI video premieres to the big screen in 4 days — Loo_Atreides · 2026-09-23