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Anthropic signs $1.8bn cloud contract with Akamai - report
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AI lab Anthropic is reportedly behind a massive cloud contract secured by Akamai.
Key facts
- The cloud and cybersecurity company saw revenues of $1.074bn for the quarter, up six percent Year-on-Year (YoY), for which its Cloud Infrastructure Services business contributed $95m, up 40 percent
- Income from operations was $114m, down 26 percent YoY and the operating margin down four percentage points to 11 percent
- He added that it followed the "the $200 million CIS deal they announced in February with a major US tech company also at the forefront of the AI revolution
- CEO Frank Thomson Leighton described it only as "a landmark seven-year $1.8 billion commitment for our cloud infrastructure services by a leading frontier model company" and did not name the company
Summary
And citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter, the contract is valued at $1.8 billion and will run for seven years. Akamai disclosed that it had signed "the largest customer deal in Akamai history" during its Q1 2026 earnings call last week. CEO Frank Thomson Leighton described it only as "a landmark seven-year $1.8 billion commitment for our cloud infrastructure services by a leading frontier model company" and did not name the company behind it. It has not been disclosed what hardware Anthropic seeks to lease from Akamai.