# Akamai Technologies

> Akamai Technologies is a public cybersecurity and cloud computing company whose globally distributed platform helps enterprises build, secure, and deliver websites, applications, APIs, streaming media, and AI workloads close to end users. Best known for pioneering commercial content delivery, it now earns most of its revenue from security and cloud-oriented services while continuing to run delivery infrastructure at internet scale.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Cambridge, United States
- **Founders:** Tom Leighton (Co-founder and CEO), Danny Lewin (Co-founder and founding CTO), Jonathan Seelig (Co-founder), Randall Kaplan (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** More than 11,400 employees worldwide as of 2026
- **Products:** Content delivery and application performance, Akamai Security, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Akamai Cloud, Akamai Inference Cloud
- **Notable:** Launched commercial service in 1999 after handling breakout traffic for March Madness and a Star Wars trailer., Built a platform spanning more than 4,350 points of presence in over 130 countries, according to Akamai's 2026 FAQ., Generated $4.208 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue, including $2.243 billion from security.

## Products & services

- **Content delivery and application performance** — Ion, Adaptive Media Delivery, API Acceleration, EdgeWorkers, EdgeKV, traffic management, monitoring, and related services move and optimize digital content close to users.
- **Akamai Security** — Application and API protection, bot and abuse management, Prolexic DDoS defense, DNS security, account protection, and threat intelligence delivered across Akamai's edge.
- **Akamai Guardicore Segmentation** — Software-based microsegmentation that maps and limits lateral movement across data centers, clouds, and endpoints.
- **Akamai Cloud** — Full-stack distributed compute, Kubernetes, storage, databases, networking, serverless functions, and developer services built from Akamai's platform and Linode foundation.
- **Akamai Inference Cloud** — Distributed GPU infrastructure intended to place AI inference closer to users and data while reducing latency and egress friction.
- **Akamai Workforce Protector** — Browser-native controls, acquired with LayerX, for governing employee interaction with web, SaaS, and generative AI tools.
- **AI Brand Presence** — Tools for monitoring AI crawler traffic and adapting web content for discovery and citation in AI-mediated search.

## Achievements

- Launched commercial service in 1999 after handling breakout traffic for March Madness and a Star Wars trailer.
- Built a platform spanning more than 4,350 points of presence in over 130 countries, according to Akamai's 2026 FAQ.
- Generated $4.208 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue, including $2.243 billion from security.
- Named a Customers' Choice in the 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Edge Distribution Platforms.
- Co-founder Tom Leighton received Lifetime Achievement Honors at the 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Completed the approximately $205 million acquisition of secure enterprise browser provider LayerX.
- **2026-07** — Reported research identifying commerce as a leading target for AI bot attacks and agentic fraud.
- **2026-05** — Introduced AI Brand Presence for monitoring AI crawler traffic and improving content visibility in AI-mediated search.
- **2026-05** — Reported first-quarter revenue of $1.074 billion; cloud infrastructure services grew 40% year over year and security grew 11%.
- **2026-03** — Announced plans to deploy thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs across its distributed cloud platform.

## Links

- Website: https://www.akamai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Akamai
- GitHub: https://github.com/akamai-developers
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/akamaitechnologies
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AkamaiTechnologies/

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Last updated: 2026-08-11