Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content
Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay. The cloud infrastructure provider, who drives around 20% of the web, is launching a new experiment with which publishers AI companies can charge every time their bots scrape a site. It is called pay per crawl and it can reform how content is accessible and monitored online.
Today on TechCrunch’s Equity Podcast, Kirsten Korosec and Max Zeff Dig houses Big Swing, why it is a natural next step after a year of laying groundwork for bone-blocking tools, and whether the plan to sit in the center of a pay-for-content protocol is genius … or just wish.
Listen to the full episode to hear more:
- How Iceblock, an app for the anonymous reporting of ice observations, went viral thanks to the recoil from former public prosecutor Pam Bondi. Iceblock is now one of the most downloaded free iPhone apps in the US.
- Why Figma’s S-1 application could be the scene for a blockbuster IPO, and what the income growth of 48% says about the demand for design tools.
Equity will be back next week, and for those of you in the US, enjoy the long holiday weekend!
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