Cloudflare Connect 2025 Highlights: Common, James Allworth, David Tuber & Kenton Varda
#ThisWeekInNET — Episode 108
Recorded live at Cloudflare Connect Las Vegas, our first global event bringing together customers, partners, and developers from 60+ countries.
We cover Cloudflare’s partnership with Mastercard & Visa on AI agent commerce, highlights from rapper Common, and conversations with:
- James Allworth on the new Workers website
- David Tuber on network reliability and Orpheus
- Kenton Varda on CPU benchmarks and AI agents
Full interviews with each guest will be published in the coming weeks.
Plus: next week’s Cloudflare blog series on Internet Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency — the foundations of a faster, safer, and more reliable web.
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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:37 – Welcome to the Cloudflare Connect Special
01:03 – Next Week’s Blog Series: Internet Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency
01:54 – Partnership with Mastercard and Visa for AI Agent Commerce
03:59 – Cloudflare Connect Highlights and Guests
05:54 – Common on the Joy of Performing
07:15 – Common on Creation and Humanity in the AI Age
11:08 – James Allworth on the Vibe of Connect and the new Workers Website
15:42 – David Tuber on Infrastructure Engineering and Network Reliability
17:16 – The Origin Story of Orpheus (Network Reliability Initiative)
21:04 – Kenton Varda on the Workers/Vercel Benchmark Speed Comparison
23:39 – Kenton Varda on AI Agents and Writing Code (MCP Servers)
26:09 – Why Workers’ Isolates Are the Perfect Sandbox for AI Agent Code