Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says AI won't replace builders or sellers, but it will affect middle managers, operations jobs, and other “measuring” positions Wall Street Journal 2026-05-24 Matthew Prince AI, Cloudflare, Matthew Prince Related Coverage The AI Layoff Memo Has a New Target. Middle Management Is First. Implicator.ai · Marcus Schuler Automation and AI: Masters in Business with the CEO of Honeywell Bloomberg Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says AI will replace monitoring roles first and reveals two roles that will survive in AI era Moneycontrol · Sarthak Singh Cloudflare CEO Prince says builders and sellers are safe but AI is coming for the measurers The Decoder · Matthias Bastian How to AI -proof your job CNN · Hadas Gold Cloudflare's CEO explains why despite over 30% revenue growth, they are laying off 20% of staff. — He argues that there are 3 types of workers; builders, sellers and measurers (middle managers, legal, HR, operations, etc). — AI makes it possible to automate the last group and he expects everyone will. … @carnage4life@mas.to · Dare Obasanjo Discussion @mattagnello.com Matt Agnello on bluesky lol oh wow. Matthew Prince has no idea how much emotional labor and taking care of people goes into being a manager. — Total self-own. [embedded post]