# Cloudflare and GoDaddy are teaming up to tackle the collapse of the web's traditional business model in the age of AI.

*genai · news · 2026-04-07 · Business Insider*

## Key points

- GoDaddy will integrate Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control, letting site owners manage AI bot access.
- Site owners may soon charge AI bots for content access, not just allow or block them.
- Cloudflare and GoDaddy are supporting new standards to verify and track AI agent identities.
- This partnership aims to create a permission-based system for AI web crawling and content use.
- Cloudflare previously began blocking AI crawlers by default and offering monetization tools for publishers.

**Companies:** Cloudflare, GoDaddy

[Read the full story on Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/cloudflare-godaddy-ai-bot-swarms-crawlers-google-openai-anthropic-2026-4)

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