On the early morning of September 25, 2026, Beijing Time, Akamai Technologies, a veteran internet infrastructure company, announced a seven-year, $11.6 billion cooperation agreement with AI firm Anthropic, leading to a surge of over 17% in after-hours trading of its U.S.-listed stocks. Akamai will support Anthropic's rapidly growing CPU workload demands through its distributed AI infrastructure and software under its cloud business. The total potential commitment of this deal is approximately $20 billion.
