# Cloudflare buys Deno to strengthen Workers platform

> Cloudflare acquires the Deno runtime startup to improve its Workers programming model and platform for building software on its network.
- Title: Cloudflare buys Deno to strengthen Workers platform | Shortify
- Summary: Cloudflare acquires the Deno runtime startup to improve its Workers programming model and platform for building software on its network. Cloudflare acquired…
- Keywords: cloudflare, deno, workers, acquisition, programming runtime, ryan dahl, bert belder, technology, startups, buys, strengthen, platform
- Source: TechCrunch — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/10/cloudflare-acquires-deno-to-improve-its-workers-programming-model
- Author: Anthony Ha
- Published: 2026-10-10T16:25:42+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: cloudflare, deno, workers, acquisition, programming runtime, ryan dahl, bert belder, technology, startups
## Cloudflare acquires Deno
Cloudflare announced Friday it is acquiring Deno, the startup behind the programming runtime of the same name, to improve its Workers platform.
## What Deno brings to Workers
Deno, co-founded by Bert Belder and Node.js creator Ryan Dahl, recently launched celld, an open source implementation of Workers that Cloudflare principal engineer Kenton Varda said delighted the team.
## Cloudflare defends its approach
Varda argued that contrary to popular theory, Cloudflare did not make Workers work differently to create lock-in, saying being open source and giving people an escape hatch is good business.

> being open source and giving people an escape hatch is good business
## Dahl's vision for Workers
Ryan Dahl wrote that his team is joining Cloudflare to make the Workers programming model a mainstream way to build servers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

> joining Cloudflare to make the Workers programming model a mainstream way to build servers
## Key takeaway

Cloudflare acquired Deno on Friday to improve its Workers programming platform, which lets customers build and run software on Cloudflare's network.