# Azion

> Azion is a developer and infrastructure platform that lets companies build, run, secure, store, and observe web applications across a globally distributed edge network. Founded in Brazil in 2011 by Rafael Umann and now headquartered in Palo Alto, it packages serverless functions, content delivery, programmable security, databases, object storage, observability, and AI inference into a usage-priced platform aimed at enterprise and developer teams operating latency-sensitive, high-traffic services.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Rafael Umann (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 310 employees (company data estimate)
- **Products:** Applications and Functions, Cache and content delivery, Firewall and application security, SQL Database, KV Store, and Object Storage, Real-Time Metrics, Events, and Data Stream
- **Notable:** Named a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2023 GigaOm Radar for Edge Platforms., Received Frost & Sullivan's 2023 North American New Product Innovation Award in Edge Serverless Computing., Named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave for Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023.

## Products & services

- **Applications and Functions** — A serverless application platform and runtime for deploying web applications and request-time logic globally through Git, CLI, APIs, and infrastructure as code.
- **Cache and content delivery** — Distributed caching, acceleration, routing, image processing, load balancing, and content delivery designed to reduce latency and origin load.
- **Firewall and application security** — WAF, DDoS protection, bot management, Network Shield, API controls, DNS, certificate management, and programmable request policies.
- **SQL Database, KV Store, and Object Storage** — Distributed persistence primitives for relational data, low-latency state, and S3-compatible objects, integrated with the application runtime.
- **Real-Time Metrics, Events, and Data Stream** — Observability tools and APIs for aggregated metrics, raw request events, security activity, logs, and delivery into external analytics or SIEM systems.
- **AI Inference and AI Gateway** — Infrastructure for running and governing language, vision, embedding, reranking, and multimodal models closer to users, with integrations for agent and retrieval workflows.
- **Developer tools** — Azion CLI, API, JavaScript libraries, SDKs, Git integrations, templates, Console, and Terraform Provider for local development and automated deployment.
- **Professional Services** — Enterprise support and managed configuration packages for mission-critical deployments.

## Achievements

- Named a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2023 GigaOm Radar for Edge Platforms.
- Received Frost & Sullivan's 2023 North American New Product Innovation Award in Edge Serverless Computing.
- Named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave for Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023.
- Won the Santander X Global Challenge cybersecurity category in 2023.
- Earned G2 Leader recognition in CDN and High Performer placements across multiple security categories in 2026.
- Maintains public compliance claims including SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, PCI DSS, GDPR, and LGPD alignment.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published new technical guidance on DNS attacks and security for AI-agent APIs, reflecting an increased focus on agent traffic and programmable infrastructure.
- **2026-05** — Released Azion CLI 4.21 with parallel Object Storage uploads; Azion reported deployment-time reductions of up to 90% in its own benchmark.
- **2026-05** — Received G2 Summer 2026 recognition as a CDN Leader and High Performer across nine infrastructure and security categories.
- **2026-04** — Introduced Terraform Provider v4 with an API-driven generation pipeline intended to deliver same-day support for new platform APIs.
- **2026-01** — Expanded public material around distributed Object Storage and global-scale AI inference using LoRA and serverless GPU infrastructure.
- **2025-09** — Renamed core products - including Edge Functions to Functions and Edge Firewall to Firewall - to simplify the platform's vocabulary.
- **2025-05** — Launched AI Inference capabilities, LangChain and LangGraph integrations, SQL vector workflows, broader Node.js compatibility, and zero-egress Object Storage delivery to Azion applications.

## Links

- Website: https://www.azion.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aziontech
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aziontech
- GitHub: https://github.com/aziontech
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AzionTech
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aziontech

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Last updated: 2026-08-10