Akamai surges after landing $11.6 billion cloud deal with Anthropic
+3.20% to $113.94 from $110.41
What moved AKAM
- Anthropic signed a seven-year, $11.6 billion contract with Akamai for CPU-based computing power to support its AI workloads.
- The deal includes an option to expand the relationship by up to an additional $9 billion, for a total potential commitment of roughly $20 billion.
- Akamai also issued Anthropic a warrant to buy Series B shares at $111.33 each, convertible into 7.7 million common shares.
- Akamai stock rose as much as 14-21% on the announcement, with CoreWeave and Cloudflare shares also ticking up on the news.
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