Akamai Technologies is trading 21.37% up now at $134.00 in pre-market after announcing an $11.6 billion, seven-year cloud-computing agreement with Anthropic.
- The contract supports Anthropic’s CPU workload and may expand by another $9 billion, potentially reaching approximately $20 billion.
- Anthropic also received a warrant representing up to roughly 5% of Akamai’s outstanding shares. The announcement triggered an immediate extended-hours surge, substantially outweighing modestly positive broader-market futures.