Lumen completed its acquisition of Alkira for $475M, ending Alkira’s status as an independent company and integrating its platform into Lumen’s digital networking strategy.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Alkira is a Lumen company and an on-demand Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service (NIaaS) platform for connecting, securing, and operating distributed enterprise networks across clouds, sites, partners, data centers, and AI workloads.
Primary product
Alkira Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service (NIaaS) platform / cloud networking control plane
Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United States
Team size
100-200
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service (NIaaS) / enterprise cloud networking
Offices
0 jobs at Alkira
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Business model
Stage
Acquired
Total raised
$184M
Latest round
Acquisition by Lumen Technologies · Jul 2026
Latest amount
$475M
Acquisition by Lumen Technologies
Jul 2026 · Lumen Technologies
May 2024 · Tiger Global Management
Aug 2022
Apr 2021
Oct 2020 · Koch Disruptive Technologies
Apr 2020 · Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital
Leadership
President, CEO & Founder
CTO & Founder
CFO
SVP Product Management
VP Sales
SVP Engineering
VP Solutions Architecture
VP Sales Engineering
VP Engineering, Infrastructure & Operations
CMO
The public culture signals emphasize innovation, customer obsession, market transformation, and a relentless focus on reducing cloud networking complexity.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary bands were found in the reviewed official sources; public recruiting signals emphasize flexibility and benefits rather than compensation details.
Benefits
Pricing
Usage-based and subscription pricing; public materials describe billing by bandwidth traversing the backbone and by connector/service size and usage.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$20M-$30M
Estimated monthly visits
18K
Lumen completed its acquisition of Alkira for $475M, ending Alkira’s status as an independent company and integrating its platform into Lumen’s digital networking strategy.
SourceLumen IR / Business Wire · Jul 2026
Lumen said it completed the $475M acquisition of Alkira and will integrate Alkira’s cloud networking software into its digital platform for AI-era enterprise networking.
Lumen IR / Business Wire · May 2026
Lumen announced an all-cash agreement to acquire Alkira for $475M to pair Alkira’s cloud-native control plane with Lumen’s fiber network and expand AI-ready connectivity.
PR Newswire · Sep 2025
Alkira launched MCP Server and NIA, an AI co-pilot for governed network operations, emphasizing conversational control, policy validation, and auditability.
PR Newswire · Jan 2025
Alkira said 2024 brought Series C funding, Deloitte Fast 500 recognition, and continued product innovation and customer growth.
PR Newswire · May 2024
Alkira announced a $100M Series C led by Tiger Global, with participation from existing and new investors, bringing total funding raised to $176M at that time.