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Cloudflare acquires Deno to strengthen its Workers platform
Cloudflare has acquired Deno, a software startup that makes a programming runtime.
Cloudflare plans to use the acquisition to improve Workers, its platform for building and running software on Cloudflare’s network.
Deno was co-founded by Ryan Dahl, who also created Node.js, and Bert Belder.
Deno recently released celld, an open-source version of Workers.
Cloudflare says open-source software and giving developers a way to move away from its platform can be good for business.
Dahl said Deno’s team is joining Cloudflare to help make the Workers programming model widely used for building servers.
The companies did not disclose the financial terms.
Cloudflare announced it is acquiring Deno, the startup behind the Deno programming runtime.
Cloudflare said it plans to use the acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform.
Deno co-founder Ryan Dahl said the team is joining Cloudflare to help make the Workers model mainstream for building servers.
The financial terms were not disclosed.
Deno had raised a total of $26 million.
- Who
- Cloudflare and Deno, the software startup.
- What
- Cloudflare announced it is acquiring Deno to improve its Workers programming model and platform.
- When
- Friday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Cloudflare said the acquisition would help improve its Workers programming model and platform.
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joining Cloudflare to make the Workers programming model a mainstream way to build servers
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- Acquirer
- Cloudflare
- Acquired company
- Deno
- Funding raised
- $26 million
- Financial terms
- Not disclosed
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