Fastly launches AI controls for the traffic already crossing its edge
AI Runtime Control routes model calls, tracks spend and fails over providers, while AI Firewall inspects prompts before they reach a model.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Financial Times company announcements
Why it matters
Fastly is converting its position in the web request path into an AI governance business. Existing customers could consolidate routing, spending controls and security, while Fastly gains a route into higher-growth security and compute revenue.

Fastly, the edge-infrastructure provider Artur Bergman co-founded in 2011, launched AI Runtime Control, AI Firewall and expanded API security, putting model access, prompt inspection and agent permissions into the same request path Fastly already uses to deliver and protect web applications.…
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