Cloudflare surges as developers use Cloudflare Tunnels to host instances of viral Clawdbot AI tool
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare rose nearly 10% in premarket trading Tuesday, building on a 9% gain on Monday, as social media buzz around the viral AI agent Clawdbot drew investor attention to Cloudflare’s role in the infrastructure behind emerging AI tools.
Clawdbot is an open-source AI assistant built on Anthropic’s Claude model, which has recently gained traction among developers for its ability to carry out tasks autonomously rather than just responding to prompts. After a weekend of online chatter around the tool, investors began linking that momentum to Cloudflare’s infrastructure — which is commonly used to deploy and secure AI tools and agents.
One feature getting particular attention is Cloudflare Tunnel, which allows developers to securely connect locally run tools (like AI agents) to the public internet without exposing their servers directly. According to Cloudflare’s website, its AI services are “already used by 80% of the top 50 generative AI companies.”
Cloudflare is expected to report earnings on February 10, which investors will be watching closely for signs that the AI-related buzz is showing up in actual traffic and revenue.