Blog Cloud Full Circle: How Akamai’s Evolution Set the Stage for the AI Inference Era Mike Maney is a Cloud and Developer Strategist at Akamai. As AI inference moves from centralized servers to the edge, it's fundamentally redistributing compute. Akamai's architecture was built for this: First, in how we pioneered the delivery of content and, now, in how we're leading the delivery of intelligence. After more than two decades of experience, we’re building on that same driving principle for AI by bringing inference closer to where decisions get made. It’s the next step in an evolution that’s redefining the architecture of the cloud by extending its reach from centralized regions to the distributed edge. IDC’s recent report, Akamai: Navigating the Cloud Frontier — A Transformation from CDN to Distributed Cloud Provider , captures that transformation. It traces how we’ve evolved from the web’s original delivery pioneer to a distributed cloud provider ready for an AI-driven future.…