Akamai

https://www.akamai.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies/

Akamai, also known as Akamai Technologies, is a publicly owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 1998, with approximately 9,160 employees, it reported $4.2B in revenue as of 2025. The company specializes in enterprise cloud solutions, functioning as a content delivery network (CDN), cybersecurity, and cloud service provider focused on web and Internet security services.

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Founded

1998

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11,000

Headquarters

United States

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Connectivity and distribution services

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Publicly Owned

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Akamai announced on July 9, 2026, its selection as a strategic partner for World Wide Technology’s (WWT) AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR). This collaboration positions Akamai as a foundational security architecture for "AI Factories" being built by WWT and accelerated by NVIDIA. Earlier that day, Akamai published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing the company's efforts to decouple growth from its carbon footprint by scaling global cloud and AI computing while using software optimizations to reduce its environmental impact. The report also highlighted Akamai's reliance on emissionality-first procurement to target renewable investments in high-carbon grids for maximizing real-world emissions displacement. Also on July 9, Akamai was recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Edge Distribution Platforms, an attribution based on feedback and ratings from end-user professionals.

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Akamai offers 20 products in the connectivity and cloud, ad tech and services, media tech and telecoms tech industries. Akamai's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure, video processing and playout, enterprise cloud, user experience and devices, marketer and agency technology, ad measurement and verification, enterprise and telecoms software, connectivity and distribution services, enterprise security and video data and analytics.

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Akamai's revenues were $4.2B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Akamai's revenue into 14 different product categories, the largest of which is media Content delivery networks (CDNs), which represents 29% of Akamai's revenue.

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Jul

24th

2026

12:34

Build an AI Agent for API Security Testing Using Python 2026

Scanners catch misconfigurations. They miss the authorization flaws that cause real breaches. Here is an agent that does not. The 2026 edition of Akamai's API Security Impact Survey, fourth in the series, reported that 87 percent of organizations suffered an API security incident, at an average cost close to 700,000 dollars.

Kodekloud

Jul

24th

2026

04:32

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Insider Trading

Have Akamai Technologies Insiders Been Selling Stock?

We'd be surprised if Akamai Technologies, Inc. ( NASDAQ:AKAM ) shareholders haven't noticed that the Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Services, Paul Joseph, recently sold US$393k worth of stock at US$127 per share. However, the silver lining is that the sale only reduced their total holding by 8.9%, so we're hesitant to read anything much into it, on its own.

Simply Wall Street

Jul

23rd

2026

18:51

B2B Tag

Defend Together with Akamai: Advanced API Security Capabilities Cyber Security Defend Together Defend Together with Akamai: Dynamic Bot \u0026 Agent Protection in the Age of AI Demystifying the WAF: The Sophisticated Protections That Make Defending Your W

Presented by Stas Neyman, Director of Product Marketing, API Security, Akamai

BrightTALK

Jul

23rd

2026

06:30

B2B Tag

Every Application Now Lives in an AI Ecosystem

Share Key takeaways Whether an application actively runs a model, connects to external AI services, feeds data to pipelines, or supplies core infrastructure, virtually every app is part of an AI system. User requests now require complex, multistep pipelines that involve specialized compute (GPUs vs.

Akamai

Jul

23rd

2026

06:30

Web Application Protection Platform Checklist

Modern applications are exposed to a wide range of threats, including exploits, API abuse, bots, AI-driven attacks, and application-layer DDoS attacks. Managing separate tools for each risk can increase complexity and create visibility gaps. Evaluating platforms helps organizations determine whether a single solution can provide consistent protection, simplify operations, and reduce vendor sprawl.

Akamai

Jul

23rd

2026

06:30

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Linux Security Teams Face Unprecedented Strain After Surge in Kernel Vulnerabilities

System administrators and enterprise cybersecurity leaders are grappling with an overwhelming wave of security advisories following the release of 432 Linux kernel Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) across a single Sunday and Monday. The unprecedented surge in security disclosures has reignited urgent industry debates over vulnerability prioritization, operational patch management, and the growing disruption of artificial intelligence (AI) in automated bug discovery.

Security Boulevard

Jul

23rd

2026

04:25

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

AI Governance for Distributed Inference

AI inference is no longer running in a single controlled data center. As workloads distribute across edge nodes, cloud regions, and on-premises infrastructure, compliance teams in regulated industries are confronting a structural problem: existing audit, logging, and recoverability requirements were written for deterministic systems.

TFiR

Jul

23rd

2026

03:30

B2B Tag, Regulatory Compliance

PQC Migration Now Has a Deadline. Does Your DNS Estate?

Share Key takeaways On June 22, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14412 , which establishes binding post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration deadlines for federal agencies and covered contractors. For organizations outside the federal supply chain, the EO clearly signals where the broader market is heading.

Akamai

Jul

23rd

2026

03:30

B2B Tag

Everyone hates massive data centers. This $18 billion CEO has a better way to get you the AI compute you need

Bigger AI data centers won’t solve every AI problem Leighton’s proposed solution is partly an economic one. Running an AI model is a different problem from training one, and many inference tasks do not require the largest model, the most powerful chips, or a request traveling thousands of miles to a massive centralized campus.

Fast Company

Jul

22nd

2026

22:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Clip Fast Company Everyone hates massive data centers. This $18 billion CEO has a better way to get you the AI compute you need

Prof. Tom Leighton, CEO of Akamai, speaks to Fast Company reporter Victor Dey about his vision for a faster and cheaper AI grid that could serve as an alternative to large data centers, and more effectively route inference workloads.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jul

22nd

2026

16:58

Emerging Tech, Financial Results, Financial Performance

Is Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Undervalued As AI Security News And Earnings Focus Build?

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) has drawn fresh attention after being chosen as a core security partner in World Wide Technology’s AI-focused ARMOR framework, alongside growing interest around its upcoming earnings release. See our latest analysis for Akamai Technologies. Akamai Technologies’ recent selection for World Wide Technology’s ARMOR framework and the focus on its upcoming earnings are drawing fresh attention to a stock that has a 90 day share price return of 29.24% and a 1 year total...

Simply Wall Street

Jul

22nd

2026

16:58

Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance

Is Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Undervalued As AI Security News And Earnings Focus Build?

Simply Wall Street

Akamai's customers primarily consist of retail and computer Games companies. Examples of Akamai's customers include Ubisoft, NBCUniversal and Riachuelo. Akamai has commercial and technical partners like Bitmovin, Mirada and Deloitte. Examples of Akamai's suppliers include Hydrolix, Nvidia and Telestream.

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