Cloudflare has launched an open-source AI workspace called Cloudflare OS, giving company employees a way to build their own software tools without relying on a development team.
The company announced the release this week from its San Francisco office. It runs in a browser and connects directly to a company’s internal systems and data.
Cloudflare says most AI tools used in offices today are trained on general knowledge but know almost nothing about how a specific company actually functions internally. Its approval process, internal files, and daily routines are things every new AI session has to be told from scratch.
Employees end up repeating the same background information to these tools over and over, according to the company. Cloudflare OS is designed to store that information once and keep it attached to each employee’s workspace going forward.
Workers can link the platform to internal files and company systems. Using that connection, they can build small applications, which Cloudflare refers to as microapps, for specific tasks such as tracking expenses or managing leave requests. The company says building these apps does not require coding knowledge.
These apps can also be shared. Once built, other employees can use the same app directly or modify it to fit their own team’s requirements.
Beyond building apps, the platform supports research tasks, document creation linked to live data, and automated workflows that run in the background. Cloudflare says this removes the need to wait on IT support for smaller tasks.
The company has confirmed it already uses Cloudflare OS internally, with staff across departments relying on it daily. CEO and co-founder Matthew Prince said the platform is now central to how Cloudflare operates as a company.
Prince said AI tools should not remain limited by developer bottlenecks. He said employees should be able to build, adjust, and automate parts of their own work, provided this is done with proper safeguards in place.
On cost management, Cloudflare OS assigns simpler tasks to smaller AI models and routes more demanding tasks to larger ones. Administrators can track spending by employee, team, or individual app, and can set usage limits where needed.
Security is built around Cloudflare’s existing Zero Trust access system. Every request made through the platform is verified before access is granted, the company said.
Because the software is open source and runs inside a company’s own Cloudflare account, businesses retain ownership of anything built on it. Their internal processes and data do not remain tied to an outside vendor’s closed system.
Cloudflare OS is currently available through the company’s public code repository. Cloudflare said organisations will also be able to work with select implementation partners for more complex deployments, naming Presidio and Happy Cog among them.
A representative from Happy Cog said governance and security need to be addressed from the outset when companies deploy autonomous AI agents inside their systems, rather than added later.
Some industry analysts have noted that despite Cloudflare describing the platform as accessible without developer expertise, larger organisations with older or more complex systems may still require substantial setup work before deployment at scale.
Cloudflare has not officially confirmed pricing details for the platform beyond its current open-source release. The company said further information on wider availability will be released at a later stage.
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