# Laid Off 1,100 Employees in the Quarter of Record Performance

- Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/cloudflare-says-ai-made-1100-jobs-obsolete-even-as-revenue-hit-a-record-high/
- Discussion: https://startupxo.com/en/342/
- Posted by mrlatte at 2026-05-09T09:00:00.000Z
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## Summary

- Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees on the very day it announced record quarterly revenue.
- CEO Matthew Prince explained it was not about cost-cutting but a shift to an operating model fitting the era of agentic AI, with internal AI usage rising 600% in three months.
- The layoffs targeted support functions like HR, finance, and marketing.
- It is easy to miss that the more back-office is eliminated, the more precious field knowledge that recognizes exceptions becomes.

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