Workforce AI usage control · #4 by signal score
LayerX
Browser-based AI usage control and enterprise browser security: discovers shadow AI, prevents sensitive data leaking into AI tools, restricts access to unsanctioned AI apps and accounts, and covers AI browsers, IDEs, and plugins. Acquired by Akamai in 2026.
Acquired by Akamai, announced 2026-05-14, closed 2026-07-02 ($205M, per SEC filing).
20Signal score / 100
- Capital
- 10.1/35
- Product
- 10/25
- Standards
- 0/20(not yet assessed)
- Momentum
- 0/20
Identity primitives
| Agent as a first-class identity | Not checked |
| On-behalf-of token exchange | Not checked |
| Cross App Access (ID-JAG) | Not checked |
| Asynchronous human approval (CIBA) | Not checked |
| MCP authorization conformance | Not checked |
| Fine-grained authorization | Not checked |
| Short-lived, secretless credentials | Not checked |
| Token vault | Not checked |
| Kill switch | No public claim found |
| Per-action audit chain | No public claim found |
Company
HQ: IL
Founded: 2022
Funding: $45M disclosed, latest Series A extension
Product: LayerX AI Usage Control
Sources
- LayerX (vendor, accessed 2026-09-24)
- LayerX: AI usage control (vendor, accessed 2026-09-24)
- Akamai completes acquisition of secure enterprise browser provider LayerX (press-release, accessed 2026-09-24)
- LayerX raises $11M Series A extension as browser security becomes the new front line in enterprise defense (trade-press, accessed 2026-09-24)
- Akamai Technologies, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (sec, accessed 2026-09-24)
Last verified 2026-09-24.