Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) and Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM, XETRA:AK3) announced that they are expanding their collaboration to embed security directly into the infrastructure layer of artificial intelligence systems, aiming to protect what the companies describe as emerging “AI factories” as workloads move from centralized data centers to edge environments. The initiative centers on integrating Akamai Guardicore Segmentation with Nvidia's Vera BlueField-4 STX architecture, supported by the Nvidia DOCA software platform.