{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Screaming in the Cloud","title":"Building the Cloud for AI Agents with Cloudflare's Dane Knecht and Rita Kozlov","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2780,"description":"What happens when AI agents become the primary users of the cloud?\nIn this live episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn sits down with Cloudflare's Dane Knecht and Rita Kozlov at Cloudflare Connect to discuss how AI is changing the way developers build, deploy, and manage applications.\nThey explore Cloudflare's evolution from its networking roots into a full developer platform, why traditional cloud infrastructure struggles to keep up with AI agents, and how tools like Cloudflare's CF CLI are making development more accessible.\nThe conversation also tackles the realities of AI-assisted coding, the importance of human judgment when deploying to production, and the growing debate over building versus buying software. Plus, they discuss what happens when bots become a major part of internet traffic and how businesses may need to rethink access, security, and monetization.\nWith Corey's signature humor and plenty of candid insights, this episode offers a look at how Cloudflare is preparing for an internet increasingly built for both humans and AI agents.\nAbout Dane Kozlov and Rita Kozlov :\n\nDane Knecht is the Chief Technology Officer at Cloudflare, the leading connectivity cloud company. Knecht is responsible for bringing the company’s most audacious and innovative ideas to life that will be key to Cloudflare’s ongoing evolution and strategy. Over the last 13 years at Cloudflare, he has led the development, launch, and scaling of products like Cloudflare Zero Trust, Cloudflare’s Developer Platform, and most recently, the company’s AI inference and agents platform. Knecht joined Cloudflare when the company had fewer than 30 people. Prior to Cloudflare, Knecht founded an ecommerce SaaS company, which was later acquired, and held product leadership roles at MessageOne and Dell. He graduated from Columbia University and resides in Austin, Texas.\nRIta Kozlov is VP of Product for Cloudflare’s developer platform, where she leads the work behind the tools and runtime...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vgV98ushAFvdAFQSQazvt5GYVniCaXSWIjs5eI3r0gQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0OTQvMTU4Mzg2/OTQ4My1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}