Akamai Announces $11.6 Billion Multi-year Agreement with Anthropic to Support Growing Demand

* Anthropic to leverage Akamai Cloud's distributed infrastructure and software to support CPU workload growth at scale * The transaction provides for the potential expansion of the relationship by up to an additional $9 billion, which represents a total potential commitment of approximately $20 billion * Akamai has issued a warrant to Anthropic, the continued vesting of which is tied to the successful expansion of the relationship, for up to approximately 5% of Akamai’s common stock outstanding. A portion of the warrant representing approximately 2% of Akamai’s common stock outstanding is expected to vest in connection with today’s announced commitment CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), today announced a significantly expanded relationship with Anthropic for $11.6 billion of contractual commitment over seven years. The multi-year commitment will support Anthropic's accelerating CPU workload demands by leveraging Akamai Cloud's distributed AI infrastructure and software.