Cloudflare has launched Kitesurf, a cloud-based browser designed specifically for artificial intelligence agents that need to browse websites, read pages and interact with online services.
Unlike traditional browsers built mainly for people, Kitesurf is designed around what AI agents actually need when navigating the web. It runs on Cloudflare Workers and removes many of the features that make conventional browsers resource-heavy for human users.
The browser is stateless, meaning it can start and handle a browser session when an AI agent needs it without maintaining a traditional, long-running browser environment. This allows developers to run many browser sessions without having to manage large numbers of browser instances themselves.
What can Kitesurf do?
Kitesurf gives AI agents the ability to interact with the web rather than simply read information from it.
An agent can use the browser to load websites, execute JavaScript, inspect page content, interact with web pages and take screenshots. Cloudflare says Kitesurf works with tools such as Playwright, Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) and Model Context Protocol (MCP), giving developers different ways to connect their AI agents to the browser.
This is important because many AI agents are increasingly being built to complete tasks on behalf of users. An agent may need to search a website, fill out a form, compare information across several pages or carry out a series of actions before returning an answer.
A normal browser can do these things, but it was designed with a human sitting in front of it. Kitesurf is designed around the agent instead.
Why Cloudflare built it
AI agents are becoming more capable of using the internet independently, but developers still have to deal with the technical challenges of giving those agents a browser.
Traditional browser environments can consume significant amounts of CPU and memory, particularly when developers need to run many sessions at the same time.
Cloudflare says Kitesurf was built to address that problem. The company designed it to run inside V8 isolates on Cloudflare Workers, giving developers a lightweight environment that can scale with their applications.
Cloudflare says Kitesurf can use three to seven times less CPU and memory than Chromium for certain workloads, although the exact savings depend on the task being performed.
Kitesurf is still in beta
Cloudflare has made Kitesurf available for free while it is in beta, allowing developers to test the browser and build applications around it.
The launch is part of Cloudflare’s wider work around AI agents and the infrastructure they need to operate on the internet.
For Cloudflare, the idea goes beyond creating another browser. If AI agents are going to become regular users of the web, they will need infrastructure designed around how machines interact with websites.
Kitesurf is Cloudflare’s attempt to provide that infrastructure, giving developers a browser environment that AI agents can use without carrying all the overhead of a traditional browser