Cloudflare acquires Replicate to build seamless AI cloud for developers

Cloudflare (NET) announced it has agreed to acquire Replicate, an AI platform used 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. “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.