Edgio

What Edgio does

Edgio was a content delivery network (CDN) and edge computing platform provider formed in March 2022 through the merger of Limelight Networks and Yahoo's Edgecast in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $300 million. The company served enterprise customers, primarily major technology and media companies, offering three integrated product lines: Content Delivery Network services for global distribution of web content, video streaming, and digital assets; Applications for edge computing and dynamic content processing; and Security services including DDoS protection and Web Application Firewall capabilities. The platform was architected as a CDN foundation with Applications and Security layered as add-on modules. Edgio also operated Uplynk, a video streaming platform acquired in prior years.

The company operated a B2B enterprise go-to-market through direct field sales targeting large technology and media accounts, generating revenue primarily through subscription/recurring contracts. Revenue streams spanned Content Delivery Services, Security Services, and Applications Services, all with recurring subscription models. Headcount stood at 501-1,000 employees. The company pursued inorganic expansion through acquisitions including Layer0 (2021), Edgecast (2022), and earlier add-ons such as AcceloWeb, Clickability, Delve Networks, and Kiptronic.

In November 2023, Edgio raised $66 million in financing led by Lynrock Lake LP. Despite these efforts, the business was unable to achieve sustained profitability, and in January 2025 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Akamai Technologies subsequently acquired select Edgio assets, including customer contracts from the content delivery, applications, and security businesses and patent license rights, while Uplynk was excluded from the transaction and continues to operate independently.

Name

Edgio

Legal name

Edgio, Inc.

Website

https://edg.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Edgio was an enterprise CDN and edge computing platform formed by the merger of Limelight Networks and Yahoo's Edgecast in 2022. It served major technology and media companies with content delivery, application delivery, and security services before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Content Delivery Network

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Video Streaming & OTT Delivery (Live/VOD, Low-Latency) (HDABAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Multi-CDN, Traffic Steering & Edge Optimization (MPAHAJAL)

Keywords

• Content delivery network
• Edge computing platform
• Web application security
• Video streaming platform
• DDoS protection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Content Delivery Services: CDN services for delivering web content, video streaming, and media assets to end users globally
2. Security Services: Security offerings as part of the content delivery, applications, and security businesses
3. Applications Services: Application delivery and edge computing services for enterprise customers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Edgio provides a global content delivery network (CDN), an edge computing platform (Applications), integrated web application and DDoS security, and an adaptive bitrate video streaming and encoding service (Uplynk) for enterprises distributing digital content, streaming media, and web applications at scale with low latency.

Product overview

Edgio was a unified edge platform and Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider offering three integrated core products: Content Delivery Network (CDN) for global content distribution, Applications for edge computing and application delivery, and Security services including DDoS protection and WAF. The company also acquired Uplynk for video streaming capabilities. Edgio operated as a platform-plus-modules architecture where the CDN formed the foundation, with Applications and Security built on top as add-on modules. All operations ceased following Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in January 2025, with Akamai acquiring select assets including customer contracts from the content delivery, applications, and security businesses, while Uplynk remained independent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Content Delivery Network (CDN) Global CDN that caches and delivers web content, media files, and API responses from 300+ points of presence, reducing latency and offloading origin infrastructure for enterprise digital properties.
• Applications (Edge Compute) Serverless edge computing platform that lets developers deploy JavaScript/TypeScript code at the edge to personalize, transform, and route HTTP requests without round-trips to origin.
• Security Web Application Firewall, DDoS mitigation, and bot management delivered at the edge to protect customer web applications and APIs from application-layer and volumetric attacks.
• Uplynk Cloud-based video streaming, encoding, packaging, and DRM service that delivers adaptive bitrate live and on-demand video to any device at broadcast scale.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Akamai TechnologiesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Akamai acquired select assets from Edgio including customer contracts from content delivery, applications, and security businesses. This acquisition was part of Edgio's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, with Edgio directing customers to Akamai for continued service. Patent license rights were also included in the transaction.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cloudflare: Cloudflare operates a global CDN, edge compute (Workers), and security platform serving enterprises and developers. It competes directly with Edgio across content delivery, application delivery, and security use cases for technology and media customers.
• StackPath: StackPath offers an edge cloud platform with CDN, edge compute, and security services targeted at mid-market and enterprise customers. It is directly comparable to Edgio in positioning and product scope, though at a smaller scale.
• CDNetworks: CDNetworks is a global CDN and edge services provider with strong presence in Asia-Pacific. It competes directly with Edgio in live streaming, VOD delivery, and edge security for media and enterprise customers.
• Fastly: Fastly provides a programmable edge cloud platform built around its CDN, compute@edge, and security offerings. It targets similar enterprise media and technology customers with comparable content delivery and edge compute capabilities.
• Akamai Technologies: Akamai is the global tier-1 CDN and edge security leader and was the acquirer of Edgio's customer contracts and patent rights during Edgio's bankruptcy. It is directly comparable in CDN, edge compute, and web security offerings for enterprise media and technology customers.
• Verizon Digital Media Services (Edgecast): Verizon Digital Media Services (formerly Edgecast) is a CDN and edge delivery provider serving enterprise media customers. It is the historical parent of the Edgecast business that Edgio acquired, and competes directly in CDN and streaming delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon CloudFront (AWS): Amazon CloudFront is AWS's global CDN integrated with the broader AWS cloud platform. It competes with Edgio as part of a much wider infrastructure portfolio, often bundled with S3, Lambda@Edge, and Shield/WAF security services.
• Google Cloud CDN: Google Cloud CDN delivers content as part of Google's broader cloud platform, integrated with Load Balancing, Media CDN, and Cloud Armor security. It competes with Edgio for global content delivery customers, particularly media and gaming workloads.
• Microsoft Azure Front Door / CDN: Microsoft Azure offers CDN and Front Door edge delivery services as part of its broader enterprise cloud platform. It competes with Edgio for enterprise media and technology workloads but as one component of a large hyperscale cloud portfolio.

Emerging players

• Imperva: Imperva specializes in web application and API security, including DDoS protection and WAF delivered from the edge. It overlaps with Edgio's security product line and increasingly with CDN-adjacent capabilities through Thales CDAT integration.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/edgioinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/Edgioinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edgio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A6 records

Investments2 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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