Cloudflare Acquires Deno, a Startup Developing a Programming Environment

    Cloudflare announced on Friday that it had acquired the Deno startup. The startup develops the programming environment of the same name. With this move, Cloudflare plans to enhance its Workers programming model and platform. Workers allows customers to build and run their applications on Cloudflare's network.    Deno was co-founded by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl and Bert Belder. The startup recently unveiled celld, an open-source version of the Workers model, meaning its code is available to everyone. The Cloudflare team responded positively to the project and believes the acquisition will expand the programming options available on the platform.    Cloudflare rejects the idea that Workers' architecture, which differs from that of other cloud platforms, is intended to lock users into this service alone. According to the company, an open-source approach and giving users an alternative path are good for business. Ryan Dahl also said that his team joined Cloudflare to make the Workers model more widely used in developing server applications.    The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Deno has raised a total of $26 million (approximately AZN 44.2 million) in funding to date. This amount includes a Series A funding round led by Sequoia. However, the startup's valuation at the time of the deal is unknown.