Akamai Inference Cloud is a distributed cloud platform designed for deploying AI inference workloads at global scale. The platform leverages Akamai's edge network with over 4,400 points of presence worldwide to run AI models closer to end users, reducing latency for real-time AI applications. The platform provides access to specialized GPUs, including NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, optimized for AI inference workloads. It includes a pre-built Kubernetes developer platform for deploying and monitoring agentic AI applications. Security features include edge-level defenses against prompt injection, model abuse, scraping, and malicious agents. The platform offers network-level defense, adaptive threat protection, and API security with configurable access controls for models and data. Infrastructure components include serverless functions, traffic management capabilities, distributed data storage, object storage, and data pipelines. The platform provides unified observability for monitoring AI workloads across the distributed infrastructure. The platform supports various AI use cases including agentic AI, customer service chatbots, personalization engines, recommendation systems, and real-time decision automation for industries like fintech, healthcare, and ecommerce. It offers full Kubernetes control with no-cost egress and integrates with MLOps tooling.