Cloudflare

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content delivery network provider internet security company technology company web infrastructure company

Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company best known for its global content delivery network (CDN), DDoS protection, and DNS services that help improve the performance and security of websites and internet applications.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cloudflare canonical	4
Cloudflare Access	1
Cloudflare CDN	1
Cloudflare DNS	1
Cloudflare Gateway	1
Cloudflare Spectrum	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815831 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cloudflare
Context triple: [Go, notableUser, Cloudflare]

A. OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
B. Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
C. VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
D. Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
E. Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cloudflare
Target entity description: Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company best known for its global content delivery network (CDN), DDoS protection, and DNS services that help improve the performance and security of websites and internet applications.

A. OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
B. Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
C. VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
D. Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
E. Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	content delivery network provider ⓘ internet security company ⓘ technology company ⓘ web infrastructure company ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deploymentModel	cloud-based service ⓘ
foundedBy	Lee Holloway ⓘ Matthew Prince ⓘ Michelle Zatlyn ⓘ
foundingDate	2009 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
industry	cloud computing ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ internet infrastructure ⓘ
launchDate	2010 ⓘ
launchedService	1.1.1.1 DNS resolver ⓘ
networkType	anycast network ⓘ
notableFor	1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver ⓘ DDoS mitigation at large scale ⓘ global anycast network ⓘ
offersService	API security ⓘ DDoS protection ⓘ DNS hosting ⓘ SSL/TLS encryption ⓘ bot management ⓘ content delivery network ⓘ domain registration ⓘ edge computing platform ⓘ email security ⓘ load balancing ⓘ reverse proxy ⓘ serverless computing ⓘ web application firewall ⓘ zero trust security services ⓘ
product	Cloudflare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloudflare Access Cloudflare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloudflare DNS Cloudflare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloudflare Gateway Cloudflare Magic Transit ⓘ Cloudflare Pages ⓘ Cloudflare R2 ⓘ Cloudflare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloudflare Spectrum Cloudflare Stream ⓘ CAPTCHA ⓘ surface form: Cloudflare Turnstile Cloudflare Workers ⓘ Cloudflare Zaraz ⓘ
provides	performance optimization for websites ⓘ security for web applications ⓘ
stockExchange	New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
targetUser	APIs ⓘ web applications ⓘ websites ⓘ
tickerSymbol	NET ⓘ
website	https://www.cloudflare.com/ ⓘ

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