This is effectively a Codex/Claude app competitor. Good move from Cloudflare since it helps them sell their core infra offerings. I like the direction they’re going with access control.

The real question is, can Cloudflare become a equal or better OpenAI / Claude provider, while offering a vastly more robust platform than either?

I think the answer is yes, simply because both OAI and Anthropic leverage CF for their hosting today.

I used to meme back in 2008 (when Google docs first was becoming big) that "The problem has always been the sandbox". The problem Chrome and Firefox solved was the Sandbox - you can browse some random code across the web without worrying about getting hacked. The same problem has arisen today but now with AI agents.

There is likely to be huge winners in the AI space simply based on who can create the best way to contain AI agents and "expose AI value" safely.

So, that means even more pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic. I really don’t see how they will stay competitive long term. Cloudflare can offers way better product by integrating with the rest of their platform and offering a variety of models, including open models they host themselves

Yep, a pre-wrapped Codex for enterprise. Seems like the logical evolution from setting up an MCP.