# Cloudflare acquires Deno, a rival in developer infrastructure

_Published Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 2:06 AM EDT · Infrastructure, Capital · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Cloudflare is buying Deno, the startup co-founded by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl, The New Stack reported. Deno had developed an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Workers, making the acquisition a purchase of a longtime competitor.

Deno had raised $26M before the acquisition.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/261010/p2#a261010p2)

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