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Tom Leighton is most often covered alongside AI, which appears in 4 of these 4 stories. Coverage clusters in ai-research, which accounts for 1 of those 4, with the remainder spread across 3 other categories. Tom Leighton appears in 4 tracked Cross-Sector stories from August 7, 2026. The tracked stories average 2 original sources each.
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Akamai and AvePoint report Q2 2026 earnings
Both companies released their quarterly results, highlighting AI-driven demand for infrastructure and security.
AvePoint launches standalone AgentPulse product
AgentPulse, previously bundled in the Control suite, became available as a standalone product to provide visibility into AI agent ownership, permissions, and costs.
The Q2 earnings of AvePoint and Akamai reveal two sides of enterprise AI: AvePoint’s survey found 88% of IT leaders hit by AI agent security incidents, while Akamai landed a $600 million cloud infrastructure deal for robotics development. Both signal a maturing but chaotic AI market.
AvePoint's SaaS revenue surged 27% to $98.5 million, now 79% of total, while Akamai's cloud infrastructure revenue rose 5% and its multi-year commitments swelled to $2.8 billion. The Q2 results underscore diverging SaaS and IaaS models in the AI era.
Akamai Technologies locked in over $2.8 billion in multi-year cloud commitments in 2026 so far, while AvePoint's ARR jumped 27% to $465.1 million. Both companies' Q2 results highlight how AI infrastructure and governance are reshaping growth and margin profiles.
AvePoint's Q2 survey revealed 88% of 750 IT leaders suffered AI agent security incidents, just as Akamai ramps cloud infrastructure to power AI workloads. Both companies' earnings show surging demand for security and governance in an era of agent sprawl.
Source: MarketBeat · themarketsdaily.com
