Akamai Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LayerX, a browser-based AI usage control and SEB specialist, for approximately $205m.
The deal will see Akamai bring LayerX’s browser security capabilities into its existing Zero Trust portfolio, addressing what the company describes as a critical blind spot: the inability of current enterprise controls to monitor and govern how employees interact with generative AI tools, SaaS AI platforms, and AI agents directly within the browser.
Unlike proprietary enterprise browser solutions that require organisations to abandon their existing browsers — introducing disruption and friction — LayerX operates across the most widely used browsers without requiring infrastructure changes. The technology also supports the emerging generation of agentic browsers, including Atlas and Comet. Security teams gain real-time visibility and control over employee interactions with web content, prompts, file uploads, and SaaS applications.
Akamai’s broader Zero Trust offering already encompasses Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), runtime protection for AI applications, and workload-level segmentation of AI inference. The addition of LayerX is intended to extend that protection to the point of use, spanning the user, application, and infrastructure layers. The combined capability is designed to let enterprises adopt AI at pace without sacrificing compliance or safety.
The acquisition marks Akamai’s fourth cybersecurity purchase in Tel Aviv over the past five years, reinforcing the region as a growing hub for the company’s cybersecurity innovation. LayerX co-founders Or Eshed and David Vaisbrud, along with the wider LayerX team, will join Akamai’s Zero Trust organisation upon completion of the deal.
Financial terms include an anticipated dilutive impact to Akamai’s non-GAAP earnings per share of approximately $0.12 for fiscal year 2026. The LayerX business is expected to generate annual recurring revenue of around $10m by year end. Completion of the transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated in the third quarter of 2026.
Akamai executive vice president and general manager, security technology group Mani Sundaram said, “Our customers are adopting AI at record speed, and they’re telling us the same thing: Their existing controls cannot see how employees are interacting with AI tools and sharing with large language models. The acquisition of LayerX helps close that gap, providing Akamai with a control layer that governs AI at the point of use so enterprises can move at AI speed without compromising safety and compliance.”
LayerX CEO and co-founder Or Eshed said, “Securing human and agentic AI usage has become one of the defining challenges in enterprise security. We’re giving enterprises the foundation to deploy AI safely at a global scale by bringing LayerX’s technology together with Akamai’s Zero Trust portfolio and the world’s most distributed edge platform. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to accelerate our security vision through this deal.”
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