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Does Akamai support Israel?

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Business presence documentedupdated 2026-09-26

Akamai does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Akamai's Israel record, in the Hebrew and Arabic press as in the English, is a commercial one: six Israeli companies bought since 2012, a development and security centre in Tel Aviv, and a partnership with an Israeli application-security firm. No donation or humanitarian aid has been found, and a statement the company posted about the war in Israel on October 10, 2023 can no longer be retrieved. One older story is easily mistaken for company support. In October 2010 Elliot Doxer, an employee in Akamai's finance department in Massachusetts, was charged with wire fraud for offering Akamai's customer lists, contract details, employee data and its contracts with the US Department of Homeland Security to a man he took to be an official of a foreign consulate in Boston, saying he wanted to help that country; he asked $3,000. The man was an undercover FBI agent. Prosecutors said the foreign government cooperated with the investigation and had not asked for the material, and Doxer pleaded guilty in 2011. That was one employee acting alone against his employer, not an act of Akamai.

TheMarker (Hebrew, October 2010) Geektime (Hebrew, archived)

Timeline of documented records

201220142016201820202022202420262012-03 — Acquisition: Cotendo (Israeli-founded CDN; R&D near Netanya, Israel)Acquisition2012-032012 — Operations in IsraelOperations in Israel20122019-10 — Acquisition: ChameleonX (Tel Aviv, Israel)Acquisition2019-102021-10 — Acquisition: Guardicore Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel)Acquisition2021-102023-05 — Acquisition: Neosec (Israeli-founded API security company)Acquisition2023-052024-06 — Acquisition: Noname Security (Israeli-founded; Noname Gate Ltd, Tel Aviv)Acquisition2024-062025-10 — Partnership: Apiiro (Israeli application-security company)Partnership2025-102026-05 — Acquisition: LayerX Security (Tel Aviv, Israel)Acquisition2026-05

Documented records

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Acquisition2012-03$268,000,000Cotendo (Israeli-founded CDN; R&D near Netanya, Israel)
Acquired rival content-delivery company Cotendo for approximately $268 million in cash (agreed December 2011, closed March 2012); about half of Cotendo's roughly 100 employees worked from its R&D facilities near Netanya, Israel, which became the base of Akamai's Israel office. Israeli daily TheMarker reported the price at the time as about $300 million, said Akamai would set up a development centre in Israel on the strength of the deal, and put Cotendo's headcount at about 90, most of them at Kfar Netter and at its Sunnyvale, California headquarters.
Acquisition2019-10-09—ChameleonX (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Acquired Tel Aviv-based anti-skimming security startup ChameleonX; terms were not officially disclosed (reported at about $20 million), and six ChameleonX employees joined Akamai's R&D center in Israel. Israeli tech site Geektime carried the same $20 million estimate and noted that the company, founded in 2016, had raised about $1.9 million from a single investor.
Acquisition2021-10-21$600,000,000Guardicore Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Acquired Tel Aviv-based micro-segmentation cybersecurity company Guardicore for approximately $600 million (announced September 29, 2021; completed October 21, 2021), its largest Israeli acquisition; Guardicore Ltd. remains an Israeli subsidiary in Akamai's SEC filings.
Acquisition2023-05$86,700,000Neosec (Israeli-founded API security company)
Acquired Israeli-founded API detection-and-response company Neosec for approximately $86.7 million net of cash acquired (announced April 2023, closed May 2023); no price was published at the time, and the figure comes from Akamai's quarterly filing. Israeli tech site Geektime reported that the startup would become part of Akamai's development centre in Israel and that its product would fold into Akamai's wider API line.
Acquisition2024-06$450,000,000Noname Security (Israeli-founded; Noname Gate Ltd, Tel Aviv)
Acquired Israeli-founded API security company Noname Security for approximately $450 million (announced May 7, 2024; completed June 2024); Noname Gate Ltd appears as an Israeli subsidiary in Akamai's SEC filings. Calcalist reported on the day of the announcement that all of Noname's 200-plus staff, including co-founder and CEO Oz Golan, were expected to join Akamai's Security Technology Group.
Partnership2025-10-02—Apiiro (Israeli application-security company)
Expanded a commercial partnership with Apiiro, an Israeli application-security company founded in 2019, announced jointly on October 2, 2025: Akamai's API security data feeds Apiiro's application security posture management platform, and the two agreed to joint customer support and aligned product roadmaps. They first partnered in 2024 on finding APIs in source code. No payment, equity stake or acquisition was disclosed — this is a commercial arrangement between two companies, not aid or a donation.
Acquisition2026-05$205,000,000LayerX Security (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Acquired Israeli AI/browser-security startup LayerX for approximately $205 million in cash (announced May 14, 2026; Akamai's own release announcing completion is datelined July 2, 2026), continuing a string of Israeli security acquisitions. LayerX, founded in 2022 and backed with $45 million from Glilot Capital, Dell Technologies Capital and Jump Capital, brought its founders and staff into Akamai's cyber division.
Operations in Israel2012——
Operates an Israel R&D and security center established in 2012 after the Cotendo purchase; the Tel Aviv office (ToHa Tower, ~3,500 sqm, roughly 200 employees) is among Akamai's five largest sites, and its SEC subsidiary list includes Akamai Technologies Israel Limited, Guardicore Ltd. and Noname Gate Ltd, all incorporated in Israel. Israeli daily TheMarker reported in December 2011 that the centre would be built on the strength of the Cotendo deal, and Israeli trade press reported in May 2026 that Akamai was still expanding and hiring in Israel for R&D, product and security roles; the Israel operation is run by Ofer Wolf, a senior vice-president of the company.

Frequently asked questions

Did Akamai donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Acquisition, Partnership, Operations in Israel), which is not the same as support — see the records on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 31 distinct sources are cited for Akamai. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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