Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup LayerX Security, which develops a browser-based platform to secure employee use of AI tools, for ~$205M in cash (Meir Orbach/CTech)

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Akamai acquired Israeli browser security startup LayerX Security for ~$205M to expand its Zero Trust strategy and secure enterprise AI tool usage.

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<a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/byinuqxkme"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260515/i6.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260515/p6#a260515p6" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Meir Orbach / <a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/">CTech</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/byinuqxkme">Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup LayerX Security, which develops a browser-based platform to secure employee use of AI tools, for ~$205M in cash</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Deal expands Zero Trust strategy as enterprises struggle to control AI use.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Akamai Technologies is acquiring Israeli &hellip; </p>