Akamai Launches AI Inference Service and Agent Execution Environment
Key Highlights
- ➤Akamai introduced beta Akamai Inference managed AI model serving.
- ➤Akamai introduced beta Akamai Agent Sandbox for isolated agent code execution.
- ➤Akamai Cloud multiyear contracts collectively exceed $14 billion.
- ➤Akamai expanded its GPU fleet with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra clusters.
- ➤Akamai plans data-center support for NVIDIA Vera Rubin in 2027.
Expert Statements
Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and GM of Akamai Cloud
“We have been implementing an AI infrastructure strategy based on the notion that AI inference will represent the majority of enterprise focus and investment. Our customers proved that thesis and pulled us further”
Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and GM of Akamai Cloud
“They want to build, run, and protect AI on the same platform. Akamai Inference and Akamai Agent Sandbox add the inference and execution layers that turn our AI infrastructure into a full AI stack, and our security portfolio protects every layer of it. Akamai is uniquely positioned to bring our scale and distribution to address scaling real-time inference and agentic workloads.”
Jon Alexander, Senior Vice President of Cloud Technology at Akamai
“Enterprises should not have to choose between speed and control when they put AI into production.”
Jon Alexander, Senior Vice President of Cloud Technology at Akamai
“Some teams want to ship an AI feature this quarter on a managed platform. Others need dedicated GPUs to run frontier-class open models on their own terms. Every team running agents needs a boundary around the code those agents write. Akamai Cloud now supports all of them on one platform, with security and resilience built in.”
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bringing managed model serving and isolated execution for AI agents to Akamai Cloud, Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM) today introduced two foundational products for its AI stack: Akamai Inference and Akamai Agent Sandbox. With these additions, enterprises can build and tune their own or hosted open-weight models, ground them in their own data, run agents inside enforced boundaries, and secure the applications, agents, and infrastructure involved, all on one cloud platform with AI-optimized infrastructure.
These capabilities mark the latest step in Akamai’s AI strategy: giving enterprises the trusted global infrastructure and services required to serve, run, and secure AI applications and agents, close to the users and data they depend on. Akamai Inference and Akamai Agent Sandbox now add managed services on top of that infrastructure — a foundation that has already secured multiyear contracts for Akamai Cloud collectively worth more than $14 billion. The momentum highlights how Akamai’s ability to leverage both CPUs and GPUs — together with cloud storage, networking, and edge functions on its interconnected global network fabric — is quickly becoming the trusted foundation for customers to build, deploy, and operate AI workloads at scale.
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