Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based services for securing, delivering, and optimizing content and business applications over the internet. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company was founded in 1998 by MIT Professor Daniel Lewin and MIT student Jonathan Seelig. Akamai’s technology is designed to enable organizations to deliver a secure, reliable, and fast digital experience to their customers, employees and partners, regardless of device, location, or network.

The company is a leader in providing cloud security solutions, Web and mobile performance solutions, media delivery solutions, Edge compute solutions, and a suite of service and support offerings. Akamai’s cloud security solutions provide advanced protection from various cyber threats, including DDoS attacks and data breaches, while enhancing performance. Web and mobile performance solutions enable dynamic websites and applications, while media delivery solutions offer video streaming, video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) resolution, and data and analytics. The company’s Edge compute solutions allow for developers to deploy and distribute code at the edge, while its carrier offerings include cybersecurity protection, parental controls, and DNS infrastructure and content delivery solutions.

Akamai’s customer base consists of forward-thinking organizations that rely on the company’s cloud-based platform. Its customers range from large Fortune 500 enterprises to smaller companies, including leading media and entertainment, e-commerce, financial services, government, healthcare, and SaaS providers. Akamai provides its services to over 1,800 organizations globally, including over 600 of the Fortune 1000 companies, and serves 25 million websites worldwide. The company currently has more than 7,000 employees in over 70 countries and reported revenues of $3.9 billion in 2020.