India, May 15 -- As enterprises race to adopt Generative AI, a critical security gap has emerged: the browser. Today's workforce engages with SaaS AI applications and autonomous agents primarily through their browser, often bypassing existing infrastructure-level controls. To address this "urgent priority," Akamai Technologies has announced a definitive agreement to acquire LayerX for approximately USD 205 million.

Unlike proprietary enterprise browsers that force users to migrate to a new environment, LayerX supports popular commercial browsers, including emerging agentic browsers like Atlas and Comet. This allows security teams to gain real-time visibility into interactions without creating workforce friction or requiring infrastructur...