WS Investor
07 Apr 2026, 19:31
Cloudflare, Inc. and GoDaddy Inc. announced a strategic partnership aimed at enabling a more transparent and secure “agentic web” for the AI era.
The collaboration introduces tools that allow website owners to control how AI-powered crawlers access their content, including integration of Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control into GoDaddy’s hosting platform. It also supports new open standards such as Agent Name Service (ANS) and Web Bot Authentication to verify the identity of AI agents.
The companies said the initiative will help address growing concerns over unverified bot traffic and content usage, while enabling a more trusted digital ecosystem where AI agents can interact securely with websites.
The partnership reflects efforts to establish infrastructure and standards for managing AI-driven interactions as the internet evolves beyond human-centric use.
Business Wire
The collaboration introduces tools that allow website owners to control how AI-powered crawlers access their content, including integration of Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control into GoDaddy’s hosting platform. It also supports new open standards such as Agent Name Service (ANS) and Web Bot Authentication to verify the identity of AI agents.
The companies said the initiative will help address growing concerns over unverified bot traffic and content usage, while enabling a more trusted digital ecosystem where AI agents can interact securely with websites.
The partnership reflects efforts to establish infrastructure and standards for managing AI-driven interactions as the internet evolves beyond human-centric use.
Business Wire