Cloud AI Today - Akamai Expands AI Capabilities with New Cloud Solutions

Akamai Technologies has introduced two new products, Akamai Inference and Akamai Agent Sandbox, to enhance its cloud AI capabilities. These solutions aim to provide enterprises with a comprehensive platform to build, run, and secure AI applications and agents from core to edge. The offerings include capabilities for managed model serving and isolated execution, allowing enterprises to leverage open-weight or custom models, run agents securely, and connect to both private and public cloud platforms. By expanding its infrastructure to accommodate AI workloads, Akamai is positioning itself to support the growing demands of enterprise AI applications with a focus on security and scalability.

• Akamai Technologies (NasdaqGS:AKAM) last closed at $98.50 up 5.3%.

In other market news, Computacenter (LSE:CCC) was trading firmly up 13.1% and ending trading at £51.90. In the meantime, Sharetronic Data Technology (SZSE:300857) softened, down 10.2% to finish the session at CN¥170.60. This week, Sharetronic reported a significant increase in sales and net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to the previous year.

Akamai's strategic shift towards AI infrastructure and cloud security offers robust growth potential amid significant investment commitments. Click to read more about Akamai's transformative journey and opportunities.

For a deep dive into the evolving landscape of Cloud AI, revisit our Market Insights article where we discussed the strategic importance of open-source models and the "picks and shovels" strategy, a crucial perspective as companies like Moonshot AI challenge existing giants.

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• "Akamai Launches AI Inference Service and Agent Execution Environment" from Akamai Technologies, Inc. on GlobeNewswire (published 27 October 2026)

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