Akamai Technologies

Akamai is a global cloud, cybersecurity, and content delivery provider whose infrastructure supports applications and digital experiences worldwide. Its portfolio includes cloud computing, AI tools, storage, databases, Kubernetes, security products, and services for delivering and optimizing web content. Akamai Functions is its edge-native serverless platform for building and running modern applications and AI workloads. It uses WebAssembly functions that can start in microseconds, helping teams reduce latency and respond to real-time traffic without managing infrastructure.

Developers can write functions in languages such as Rust, Go, JavaScript, and Python, then deploy with tools including Spin and SpinKube. Functions run in isolated, memory-safe sandboxes and scale across Akamai’s distributed cloud. Capabilities include integrating logic into CDN request and response flows, accessing edge key-value storage, and handling redirects, token validation, bot management, and personalization. The platform can also route more demanding processing to cloud CPUs or GPUs. Akamai provides documentation, developer tools, cloud services, and sales support to help organizations build, deploy, and operate their applications.