Acquisition will enable quick and easy deployment of any AI model to millions of Cloudflare users worldwide
DUBAI, UAE, 19th November, 2025 –– Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced it has agreed to acquire Replicate, an AI platform that makes it easy for developers to deploy and run AI models. This acquisition will accelerate the company’s vision to make Cloudflare Workers the leading end-to-end platform for building and running scalable, fast, and reliable AI applications. Soon, developers building on Cloudflare will be able to access any AI model globally with just one line of code.
AI was initially the domain of academics and advanced researchers but has now shifted to a tool for the masses—one that developers of all levels want to use to innovate. But right now, running and scaling complex AI models requires specific GPU hardware and infrastructure needs. Using the most popular, advanced models currently requires a more sophisticated understanding of infrastructure, hardware, and backend requirements, which can also be costly and time-consuming. By building a platform and marketplace that makes running or accessing any model as simple as one line of code, Replicate has streamlined how developers can fine-tune and experiment with the latest models in an accessible way.
“The goal for our Workers developer platform has always been to abstract away the infrastructure complexities so that developers can focus on the thing they care about most – building and delivering amazing products,” said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. “With Replicate, developers will be able to discover any model they want from one of the industry’s largest catalogs, deploy it instantly on Cloudflare’s global network, and build an entire full-stack application in one place. Cloudflare will be the most seamless, all-in-one shop for AI development.”
Replicate created one of the industry’s largest and most vibrant model catalogs and a thriving developer community. With this acquisition, Replicate’s 50,000+ production-ready models will be made available to Cloudflare Workers AI users to build serverless applications. Additionally, Replicate’s deep expertise will power new capabilities on Workers AI, including running custom models and pipelines. Replicate’s world-class team, with experience in building AI products and developer communities, will also accelerate Cloudflare’s AI inference and container roadmaps, immediately improving AI deployment capabilities.
“We’re still in the early innings of developers building AI applications, and too much of the complexity falls on the developer today. Replicate was founded on the mission to solve that—to build the fundamental tools that make AI development truly accessible and easy,” said Ben Firshman, co-founder and CEO of Replicate. “We are thrilled to be joining the Cloudflare team. By combining our extensive library of models and developer community with Cloudflare’s global
network, we are creating the platform where developers can seamlessly build and deploy tomorrow’s next big AI applications.”
The acquisition is expected to close in the next two months and is subject to customary closing conditions.
To learn more, please check out the resources below: · Blog: Replicate is joining Cloudflare
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Photo Caption: Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare
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