Episode
Why Stack Overflow and Cloudflare launched a pay-per-crawl model
The Stack Overflow Podcast · Feb 19, 2026 · 20 min
In this episode of Leaders of Code, Stack Overflow’s Janice Manningham and Josh Zhang sit down with Cloudflare VP Will Allen to discuss the innovative pay-per-crawl model co-launched by their organizations. They explore how the rise of AI has disrupted the traditional “open versus block” internet model, creating a need for platforms to protect their content and data from commercial exploitation…