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Cloudflare buys Human Native to flip the script on AI

January 15, 2026 by Brian Fagioli
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Cloudflare is acquiring Human Native, a startup that structures content for licensed AI training. The deal hints at a coming shift where creators decide how their work is used and finally get paid for it.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Cloudflare Tags AI, Cloudflare, creators, data marketplace, Human Native, licensing, machine payments, publishers, training data
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