Akamai Stock News

AI agents are driving a surge in web traffic, creating new growth opportunities for internet infrastructure companies Cloudflare, Akamai and Fastly. Cramer says Akamai is the only one he'd buy right now, citing its low valuation and $11.6 billion Anthropic commitment.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #CleanEnergy--Boston-area based cybersecurity and cloud computing company Akamai Technologies completed the first-ever clean energy transaction executed on a CFTC-registered exchange by securing a new high-impact solar Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) on August 31, 2026 on Resurety's CleanTrade marketplace. This milestone reinforces Akamai's commitment to its 20...

SoftServe joins Akamai Partner Connect to help enterprises optimize multicloud environments, lower infrastructure costs, and accelerate edge AI deployments. Delivers custom-built language models (LLMs/SLMs), cloud strategy support, and AI inferencing optimized for distributed GPU networks.

Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on Akamai's cloud infrastructure, Akamai said Thursday. That's more than six times the size of a $1.8 billion deal between the two companies that Bloomberg reported in May.

Shares of Akamai are surging after the cloud computing and cybersecurity firm signed a new seven-year deal with Anthropic.

Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM, XETRA:AK3), the cloud computing and cybersecurity company, has agreed to an $11.6 billion, seven-year commitment with Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, to support CPU workloads on Akamai Cloud. The agreement is the largest in Akamai's history.

Stocks are pointing to a higher open as the Dow Jones Industrial Average looks to avoid a fourth straight week of losses; Treasury yields and oil futures are declining at the end of a volatile week; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are on track to rise for a second straight week, while the Dow is down 0.6% for the week; Akamai shares are jumping on an $11.6 billion deal with AI giant Anthropic; and Costc...

Akamai Technologies shares soared more than 23% in premarket trading Friday after the company announced a multibillion-dollar cloud computing agreement with artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, highlighting the growing demand for computing capacity as AI developers expand their workloads. The agreement requires Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years for access to CPU capabili...