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.
Related event: Cloudflare CTO Named TIME Executive of the Year for Agent-Ready Web(4 posts)→
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