Small businesses face an extinction event: Cloudflare CEO

0 June 25, 2026 17:00

For nearly 30 years, the internet has worked the same way. AI may be about to change that.

At Cannes Lions, Brian Sozzi sits down with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince to discuss why he believes Google’s internet business model is breaking, how AI agents are changing the way people find information, and why businesses may need an entirely new way to survive online.

The conversation explores AI, advertising, micropayments, small businesses, and what the next generation of the internet could look like.

Timestamps
00:00 The internet’s next chapter
00:56 Google’s business model
01:11 AI becomes the interface
02:21 Why websites have a problem
02:24 Humans become a rounding error
04:09 Why Cloudflare cut jobs
06:36 AI reshapes the workforce
07:37 The threat to small businesses
09:19 Building the next internet

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