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F5 named a Market Shaper in the inaugural September 2026 Emerging Market Quadrant™ for AI Application Security

Two vendors made the Market Shaper quadrant.

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In its evaluation of the F5 AI Security Platform, Gartner recognized F5 as a Market Shaper in its inaugural Emerging Market Quadrant (eMQ) for AI Application Security. The emerging Market Quadrant plots vendors on two axes: “Potential for Market Disruption” and “Potential to Execute”.

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Gartner, Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security, 2026.

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