Akamai Technologies Inc (Akamai) is a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications. It also provides security, mobile and web performance, carrier, and media delivery solutions. The company classifies its offerings into two categories: Security Technology Group and Edge Technology Group. As of December 2022, Akamai's channel partners includeAT&T, Deutsche Telecom, Kyndryl, IBM, Microsoft, Orange Business Services and Telefonica Group. . Akamai conducts sales through offices in the Americas, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Its Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform had over 350,000 servers deployed in more than 4,100 locations in over 130 countries.

Akamai's R&D arm focuses on enhancing existing services, strengthening its network and developing of new services to meet the changing customers’ needs and market trends. In FY2022, the company incurred an expenditure of US$335.3 million on R&D, which as a percentage of revenue, stood at 10.8%. As of December 2022, it had over 520 US patents extendable to various dates between 2022 and 2041.