Akamai at a glance
As of- [1] Market cap: stockanalysis.com, September 4, 2026
- [2] Revenue: stockanalysis.com, December 31, 2025
- [3] Founded: Wikipedia (retrieved September 5, 2026)
- [4] Headquarters: Wikipedia (retrieved September 5, 2026)
What Akamai does
Akamai Technologies is a public company whose common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker AKAM.[1] The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] As of December 31, 2025, its infrastructure included more than 4,300 edge points of presence in over 130 countries and about 700 cities, integrated with roughly 1,200 network partners.[1] Its cloud computing business centers on Cloud Infrastructure Services, which include compute, storage, cloud-native and networking products and the EdgeWorkers serverless product.[1]
Business model and customers
Akamai sells security, cloud computing and content delivery services to enterprises.[1] The company attributes the decline in delivery revenue to lower pricing on renewals.[1] No single customer accounted for 10% or more of total revenue in 2023, 2024 or 2025.[1] Akamai had more than 11,000 employees in over 30 countries at the end of 2025, about 65% of them outside the U.S.[1]
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Company Snapshot
Akamai is a cybersecurity company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1998 by Daniel Lewin, F. Thomson Leighton, Randall Kaplan, Preetish Nijhawan, Jonathan Seelig.
Recent changes
- Sep 25, 2026Sep 25, 2026Anthropic to Pay Akamai $11.6B in Cloud Deal Pulse story
- Sep 4, 2026Sep 4, 2026First reported market cap: $15.12B stockanalysis.com
- Jul 28, 2026Jul 28, 2026Invested in Hush Security (Series A, $30M) PR Newswire
- Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2025First reported revenue: $4.21B stockanalysis.com
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- Sep 25, 2026Anthropic to Pay Akamai $11.6B in Cloud DealAnthropic will pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years under a new cloud deal, adding another vendor to the AI lab's rapidly expanding compute-spending commitments.→
- Jul 28, 2026Hush Security Raises $30M to Govern AI AgentsHush Security raised a $30 million Series A, with Akamai joining as a strategic investor, to close the governance gap between enterprises and the AI agents now acting inside their systems -- a problem this week's OpenAI-Hugging Face breach made painfully concrete.→
- Jul 28, 2026Hush Security Banks $30M to Govern AI Agent IdentitiesHush Security raised a $30 million Series A from Akamai Technologies, Battery Ventures, and YL Ventures, bringing its total raised to $41 million, to secure non-human identities as enterprises hand more system access to AI agents.→
Coverage Timeline
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AI$11.6B / 7 Years
Anthropic to Pay Akamai $11.6B in Cloud Deal
Anthropic will pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years under a new cloud deal, adding another vendor to the AI lab's rapidly expanding compute-spending commitments.
DEEP DIVE
Hush Security Raises $30M to Govern AI Agents
FUNDING$30M Series A
Hush Security Raises $30M to Govern AI Agents
Hush Security raised a $30 million Series A, with Akamai joining as a strategic investor, to close the governance gap between enterprises and the AI agents now acting inside their systems -- a problem this week's OpenAI-Hugging Face breach made painfully concrete.
Hush Security Banks $30M to Govern AI Agent Identities
FUNDING$30M Series A
Hush Security Banks $30M to Govern AI Agent Identities
Hush Security raised a $30 million Series A from Akamai Technologies, Battery Ventures, and YL Ventures, bringing its total raised to $41 million, to secure non-human identities as enterprises hand more system access to AI agents.
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Akamai FAQ
Is Akamai a public company?
Akamai Technologies is a public company whose common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker AKAM.[1]
Where is Akamai headquartered?
Akamai was incorporated in Delaware in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
What is Akamai's market cap?
Akamai's market capitalization was $15.12B as of September 4, 2026, according to stockanalysis.com.
What is Akamai's revenue?
Akamai's most recent revenue figure is $4.21B, reported by stockanalysis.com, December 2025.
When was Akamai founded and where is it based?
Akamai was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, according to Wikipedia.
References
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