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מייסדי לייר סקיוריטי LayerX Security

Akamai acquires Israeli AI browser security startup LayerX for $205 million in cash

14.05.26|Meir Orbach
Deal expands Zero Trust strategy as enterprises struggle to control AI use. 
מימין דוד ויסברוד אור אשד מייסדי חברת הסייבר הישראלית LayerX

Akamai in advanced talks to acquire Israeli startup LayerX for $250 million

12.05.26|Meir Orbach
The browser security company raised $45 million from investors including Glilot and Dell Technologies Capital. Akamai has acquired five Israeli companies to date, including Noname Security and Guardicore.
IO River founders

Akamai alumni secure $20 million Series A for IO River to challenge single-provider reliance

14.01.26|Meir Orbach
The multi-CDN platform opens advanced infrastructure previously reserved for tech giants.
טום לייטון מנכ"ל אקאמי

“We won’t buy out of panic”: Akamai CEO takes measured approach to AI deals

30.11.25|Meir Orbach
Tom Leighton says the company’s Israeli cyber arm is powering its fastest growth, but warns that discipline, not hype, will guide future acquisitions.
פבל גורביץ

Guardicore founders raise $32 million for new stealth cyber-AI startup

28.05.25|Meir Orbach
After three years at Akamai, which acquired Guardicore for approximately $600 million in 2021, Pavel Gurvich and Ariel Zeitlin have launched a new venture named Tenzai that has already received significant backing from VC firms Greylock and Battery. 
אור בידרמן Novacy שנמכרה ל Lusha

From startup CEOs to corporate employees: The reality of post-exit life

10.02.25|Maayan Manela
After selling their companies, founders often face a surprising challenge: adjusting to life inside a large corporation.
איתמר טל VP of Engineering אקמאי

Exit dreams and corporate reality: Untold challenges of Israeli tech acquisitions

21.01.25|Itamar Tal
"Despite challenges, Israeli startup acquisitions remain vital for driving global innovation and economic growth. Success requires proper preparation, cultural sensitivity, and strategic foresight," writes Itamar Tal, VP Engineering at Akamai Technologies and former VP Engineering at Guardicore.
כנס TECH TLV - עפרי זיו

Akamai VP: "Cyber ​​security business accounts for half of our revenue"

15.01.25|Ariela Karmel
Ofri Ziv, VP Engineering and Security Research at Akamai, spoke to CTech at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Tech TLV conference about how the security industry generates $2 billion a year and is the company’s strongest revenue stream.
פבל גורביץ

Pavel Gurvich steps down as managing director of Akamai Israel

14.10.24|Sophie Shulman
Three years after selling his startup Guardicore to Akamai, Gurvich, a recipient of the Israel Defense Prize, is expected to found a new startup. Ofer Wolf will replace him.
מייסדי Noname Security עוז גולן ו שי לוי

Akamai acquiring cyber startup Noname Security for $450 million

07.05.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli API security startup was valued at $1 billion in its last fundraising round, raising $135 million in a Series C in December 2021
Oz Golan Shay Levi Noname

Noname Security closing on $500 million acquisition by Akamai

13.04.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli cyber startup was valued at $1 billion in its last fundraising round, raising $135 million in a Series C in December 2021
צוות נאוסק

Akamai acquiring API security startup Neosec

19.04.23|Meir Orbach
The cloud company will pay several dozen millions of dollars for the Israeli startup founded just three years ago
מנכ"ל אקמאי טום לייטון

Akamai CEO: "Opportunities for acquisition will occur when the value of companies decreases"

19.12.22|Meir Orbach
"There is hope that next year will be better, but at the moment there is mostly uncertainty," said Tom Leighton, whose company has acquired three Israeli startups over recent years
אוהד לוין אודי סולומון מייסדי Shield-IoT

Shield-IoT raises $7.4 million Series A to secure IoT networks

22.11.21|CTech
Founded in 2017, the Israeli startup addresses the escalating proliferation of IoT cyber threats to devices, data, critical services and infrastructure
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Akamai CEO: Guardicore has the best solution

04.10.21|Hagar Ravet
Speaking with Calcalist, Tom Leighton explained the decision to pay $600 million in cash for the Tel Aviv-based cyber company
מוסף עצמאות 14.4.21 מימין דרור סלעי פבל גורביץ ו אריאל צייטלין מייסדי Guardicore

Israel's Guardicore acquired by Akamai for $600 million

29.09.21|Hagar Ravet
Gurdicore’s technology enables large companies, such as financial institutions, to compartmentalize their servers in order to prevent security issues, data breaches, and identify attacks
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Akamai Buys Cybersecurity Company ChameleonX

10.10.19|Raphael Kahan
The employees of Tel Aviv-based ChameleonX will join Akami’s research and development center in Israel
תוצרת הארץ נכסים ובניין אמות

Nasdaq-Listed Akamai Leases 6,800 Square Meters in Tel Aviv’s ToHa Tower

09.12.18|Anat Danieli
The content delivery company operates a research and development center in Israel. Its current offices span over 3,000 square meters