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Akamai

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Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 105.8 (Hot) — down 2.4 versus the prior month — and Americas signal share is rising (+2.4pts).

Akamai: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Artificial Intelligence median of 1 across 82 tracked companies.

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