Cloudflare, Inc.
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Cloudflare, Inc.
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NET
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Cloudflare, Inc. is an American company that provides content delivery network services, cloud cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation, and ICANN-accredited domain registration services. Founded in July 2009 by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn, Cloudflare's headquarters are in San Francisco, California. The company is known for its web security services, used by more than 20 percent of the Internet as of 2022. Cloudflare went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock ticker NET in September 2019. It offers a range of products and services aimed at enhancing Internet security, performance, and reliability, including a reverse proxy for web traffic, DDoS mitigation services, a content distribution network (CDN), and a serverless computing platform named Cloudflare Workers. Additionally, Cloudflare has been involved in various controversies and faced criticism for providing services to websites associated with hate speech and terrorism, but has also received attention for its efforts to protect free speech online and provide security services to vulnerable groups through initiatives like Project Galileo.