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Cloudflare acquires Deno, with runtime development ending after one year
The entire Deno team is joining Cloudflare, and Deno Deploy will shut down in six months.
The short version
- Cloudflare announced it is acquiring Deno, the startup behind the Deno runtime, with financial terms not disclosed.[TechCrunch]
- The entire Deno team is joining Cloudflare, and the Deno runtime gets monthly bug fixes and security updates for one year before development ends.[Hacker News]
- Deno Deploy will shut down after six months, and JSR's infrastructure is moving to Cloudflare.[Hacker News]
- Deno had raised $26 million, including a Series A led by Sequoia, before the deal.[TechCrunch]
Key facts
- Cloudflare announced it is acquiring Deno, the startup behind the Deno runtime.[TechCrunch]
- The entire Deno team is joining Cloudflare.[Hacker News]
- Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.[TechCrunch]
- Deno had raised a total of $26 million, including a Series A led by Sequoia.[TechCrunch]
- Cloudflare will support the Deno runtime for another year with monthly releases containing bug fixes and security updates.[Hacker News]
- Deno development will end after that year, though the runtime will remain open source.[Hacker News]
- Deno Deploy will continue operating for six months before shutting down.[Hacker News]
- JSR will continue operating, with its infrastructure moving to Cloudflare.[Hacker News]
What remains uncertain
- The financial terms of the deal are unknown because they were not disclosed.[TechCrunch]
Sources
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