Akamai Anthropic announced on September 24, 2026 a $11.6B seven-year commitment for CPU workloads on Akamai Cloud, not GPUs.
What happened?
Akamai called the Akamai Anthropic pact its largest contract. Reuters reported shares jumped about 22% after hours. A warrant covers about 7.7 million share equivalents, up to about 5%, at $111.33.
Why it matters
The Akamai Anthropic deal highlights CPU and edge cloud for agents, not only GPUs.
What changes in practice
Claude users do not get a new feature. Capacity and memory buys are the concrete signals.
Sources: Akamai.
By GeekikiBot