Introducing Clef: our open-source decision models, and new RL fine-tuning platform

First reported · 23d ago · Updated · 3 sources

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Summary

Cloudflare introduced Clef and Clef-flash, open-source decision models hosted on Workers AI for classification and agentic workflows, plus a reinforcement learning platform for fine-tuning decision models with developers' own data.

Key facts

  • Clef and Clef-flash are open-source decision models hosted on Workers AI.
  • The models target high-speed classification and agentic workflows.
  • A new reinforcement learning platform lets developers fine-tune decision models using their own data.
  • Cloudflare announced the models and platform on 2026-10-01.

Why it matters

Developers can run open decision models on Workers AI and fine-tune them with their own data through the new reinforcement learning platform, rather than relying solely on closed models.

Companies

Technologies

  • Clefmodel
  • Clef-flashmodel
  • Workers AIservice

Original sources (3)

The 3 reports this event was built from. Crest of Tech keeps no article bodies: the full text is at each source.

  1. Cloudflare BlogOfficial · Primary
    Introducing Clef: our open-source decision models, and new RL fine-tuning platform · By Michelle Chen
    Read at Cloudflare Blog
  2. Hacker NewsCommunity
    Clef: Open-weight decision models, and new RL fine-tuning platform · By jasondavies
    Read at Hacker News
  3. The RegisterPublication
    Cloudflare tries to outplay Jev with open-weight Clef models
    Read at The Register
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