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.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1998

Headcount

11,000

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Connectivity and distribution services

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

56

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On September 10, 2026, Akamai and MuleSoft announced an expanded collaboration, integrating Akamai API Security with MuleSoft’s Agent Fabric to unify runtime enforcement and extend governance across APIs, agents, and MCP servers. This integration secures connections for autonomous systems and assists organizations in discovering, understanding, and governing APIs across distributed environments, with over 20 joint customers reportedly already using the solution to eliminate critical security blind spots. Earlier on the same day, Akamai introduced an AI Assistant for its Web Security Analytics, providing security teams with a tool to investigate application security events and attack activity faster using natural language prompts. Also on September 10, ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, utilized Akamai TrafficPeak, powered by Hydrolix, to optimize its World Cup 2026 broadcasts, aiming to eliminate costly telemetry delays during live-streaming operations.

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Akamai offers 20 products in the connectivity and cloud, media tech, telecoms tech, enterprise tech and ad tech and services industries. Akamai's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure, user experience and devices, enterprise and telecoms software, marketer and agency technology, connectivity and distribution services, ad measurement and verification, video data and analytics, video processing and playout, enterprise security and enterprise cloud.
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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 non-media content delivery networks (CDNs), which represents 29% of Akamai's revenue.
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Akamai's customers primarily consist of retail and computer Games companies. Examples of Akamai's customers include Ubisoft, Riachuelo and NBCUniversal. Akamai has commercial and technical partners like Mirada, Deloitte and Bitmovin. Examples of Akamai's suppliers include Nvidia, GeoComply and Telestream.

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