A Letter from Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn

Cloudflare, founded in 2010 by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn, and Lee Holloway, aims to build a better internet. The company was formed to take advantage of the paradox shift from on-premise hardware and software to cloud services. It provides a suite of cloud services as replacements for traditional network appliances such as firewalls and load balancers. Cloudflare's platform is built on commodity hardware, with an architecture that allows any server in its network to run every service efficiently. The company offers security, performance, and reliability products as a service without requiring customers to install hardware or change their code. It has consistently grown over the long term by expanding its relationship with existing customers and moving up market. Cloudflare is focused on creating more value than it captures and continues to invest in R&D for new product development. The company's commitment to its mission is evident through its choice of "Project Holloway" as the code name for its IPO, honoring co-founder Lee Holloway who was instrumental in building Cloudflare's platform.