Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare is a prominent American technology company that specializes in web infrastructure and security. Founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn, the company was originally conceived as a way to track the source of spam through 'Project Honey Pot' before evolving into a global Content Delivery Network (CDN) and cybersecurity provider.

Cloudflare Workers, launched in 2017, represents the company's expansion into edge computing. Unlike traditional cloud services located in centralized data centers, Workers allows developers to run code across Cloudflare's massive global network, which spans hundreds of cities worldwide. This distributed infrastructure ensures that applications run with minimal latency by executing code as close to the end-user as possible.

As a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, Cloudflare remains independent and under its own corporate management. It continues to be headquartered in San Francisco, California, while maintaining a significant physical presence and server infrastructure globally to support its 'everywhere-at-once' manufacturing of digital services.