F5 is a Seattle-headquartered technology company founded in 1996 that provides application delivery and security solutions for enterprises operating across hybrid, multi-cloud, SaaS, and edge environments. Its customer base includes more than 80% of the Fortune 500, spanning industries that depend on the reliable and secure delivery of digital applications at scale.
The company's flagship offering, the Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), converges security, availability, and performance into a single platform. It provides unified management, rich analytics, and fully programmable data planes - capabilities designed to reduce operational blind spots and strengthen defences across complex, distributed infrastructure.
F5's technical scope covers a broad range of domains, including:
- Application delivery and application security
- Hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Edge computing
- Performance and availability engineering
- Programmable data planes and unified analytics
- AI-era infrastructure
Originally established as a pioneer in application delivery networking, F5 has evolved into a platform company focused on converging security and delivery capabilities. The company continues to invest in innovation oriented around the infrastructure demands of the AI era.