Cloudflare Introduces NET Dollar for AI-Driven Internet Date: September 25, 2025 Location: San Francisco, CA Company: Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) --- Overview Cloudflare announced the launch of NET Dollar, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin designed to enable instant, secure transactions tailored for the emerging AI-driven internet. This innovation aims to support a new business model rewarding originality, creativity, and innovation by empowering autonomous AI agents, developers, and content creators to transact globally at internet speed. --- Key Points The Need for NET Dollar AI agents increasingly automate human tasks (e.g., booking flights, ordering groceries). Financial systems need to evolve to allow instant, global, and secure transactions. Traditional internet business models based on advertising and bank transfers are becoming obsolete. Future internet commerce will rely on pay-per-use, microtransactions, and fractional payments to incentivize original, valuable content. NET Dollar's Role in the Ecosystem Seamless global payments: Enables trusted, transparent, secure payments across currencies and geographies instantly. Automated transactions: Allows AI agents to perform instant programmatic payments (e.g., buying cheapest flight, supplier payments). New business models: Enables creators to monetize unique content, developers to make APIs profitable, and AI companies to fairly compensate sources. Open standards collaboration: Cloudflare supports protocols like the Agent Payments Protocol and x402 to facilitate internet payments. About Cloudflare A global connectivity cloud company empowering organizations to improve security, performance, and development. Offers a unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools. Manages a vast, interconnected network protecting billions of online requests daily. Serves a diverse clientele, including large enterprises, small businesses, nonprofits, and governments. Learn More Visit netdollar.cloudflare.com for details on shaping the AI-powered internet economy. Cloudflare connectivity cloud info: cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud Internet trends and insights: radar.cloudflare.com --- Press Contact Daniella Vallurupalli Phone: +1 650-741-3104 Email: [available on Cloudflare site to prevent scraping] --- Disclaimers The press release includes forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual outcomes may differ due to market conditions, regulatory changes, and technological factors. Cloudflare is under no obligation to update forward-looking information except as required by law. --- Additional Information Cloudflare's website offers extensive resources, including guides, webinars, developer libraries, partner programs, and plans & pricing information for businesses of all sizes. The company is committed to privacy, trust, compliance, and public interest projects like Project Galileo and the Athenian Project. --- Social Links: Blog X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Instagram --- © 2025 Cloudflare, Inc. All rights reserved. Cloudflare and its logos are trademarks of Cloudflare, Inc.