🚨 The Day 20% of the Internet Died: Cloudflare's $100M Disaster Nobody Talks About #AI #TechCrisis

AI to the Sky Podcast

José Vale + AI co-host expose Cloudflare's collapse that killed ChatGPT, X & critical systems. Why 70% of internet relies on 3 providers—and what happens next.

What happens when 20% of the internet goes dark in 60 seconds?

This morning, ChatGPT stopped working. So did X (Twitter), Spotify, Coinbase, and even government websites across the UK. The culprit? Cloudflare's mysterious "unusual traffic spike" that their own engineers can't explain.

In this LIVE controversial episode, José Luis Valeriano—Decision Intelligence strategist and host of AI to the Sky—teams up with his hyper-personalized AI "Damian" to dissect what mainstream media won't tell you about the internet's dirty secret: we've built a digital Jenga tower, and it's collapsing.

🔥 Key Revelations:

🎯 70% of the internet relies on 3-4 cloud providers—AWS, Azure, Cloudflare, Google Cloud. One fails, billions suffer.

💣 "Unusual traffic" = corporate euphemism for "we have no idea what went wrong" (or they're hiding a massive DDoS attack).

🏥 Critical systems paralyzed: Moody's financial ratings, NJ Transit, Coinbase, British government services—not just your Twitter feed.

🔍 The redundancy illusion: Companies think they're protected using "multiple vendors," but all rely on Cloudflare's hidden infrastructure layer.

⚠️ This is the SECOND major collapse in 30 days—and experts predict 2+ more before June 2026.

Why this matters for CTOs, founders & decision-makers:

Your "99.99% uptime" contract is statistical theater. Ask your team TODAY: "What is our most critical single point of failure?" If they can't answer in 30 seconds, you're not ready for the next collapse.

Engagement Question:Has your business been affected by cloud outages this year? What's your backup plan when AWS/Cloudflare/Azure go down simultaneously? Drop your strategy in comments—let's crowdsource real solutions.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 Disruptive Opening: "Why 3 companies control 70% of internet traffic"
• 2:30 Controversial Deep Dive: Was this a disguised DDoS attack?
• 6:00 Domino Effect: Critical services you didn't know were affected
• 9:00 Rapid-Fire Predictions: Will this happen again in 6 months?
• 11:00 Memorable Closing: Two futures for the internet—only one is realistic

Guest:José Luis Valeriano - Decision Intelligence & AI Strategist | C-Level Advisor

• 20+ years optimizing business operations with AI + data
• Advised 10+ startups on Generative AI adoption (40% faster decisions, 30% cost reduction)
• Founder of "AI to the Sky" podcast (13.7% CTR, guests from Apple/Microsoft/IBM)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephvaleai/

Listen to full podcast:🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1osH5zgF247KlCrJp4gLZP🎙️ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-to-the-sky-podcast/id1828276475📹 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBowynKIlC5-gse8QNDqeeQchI1jZb7yi

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