F5 AI Gateway: Control AI Costs, Access & Security

F5 has enhanced its AI Gateway to help control AI costs, access, and security. This updated solution is now integrated into the F5 AI Security Platform. Here's the thing: The enhanced AI Gateway enforces policies on every AI request. This gives businesses a unified way to manage how AI models, agents, and tools are used, while also optimizing AI economics. What's interesting is that enterprises are moving past AI experimentation, but governance hasn't kept up. Many are still using various tools not designed for AI traffic. F5's 2026 State of Application Strategy Report shows 77% of organizations say inference is now their dominant AI activity, managing an average of seven AI models. The bottom line: Every AI request has implications for cost, performance, and security. F5's new solution aims to provide a single control point for managing AI across models, clouds, agents, and applications, helping customers innovate while maintaining visibility, security, and control. This could help organizations bring AI costs under control.