A10 Networks announces general availability of A10 AI Gateway. The new platform offers a centralized control plane for enterprise AI operations. It provides organizations with unified routing, cost management and governance for AI agents, applications and large language models (LLMs). A10 Networks announced the A10 AI Gateway at Black Hat USA 2026, Las Vegas. The gateway was launched by the company as part of its wider AI portfolio. That portfolio includes A10 Networks AI security platform TrojAI.
Enterprises can run AI interactions in one controlled environment with the A10 AI Gateway. This enables organizations to improve performance and better manage AI spending. The platform also unifies observability and improves security controls. It also helps developers and users find appropriate AI models. AI adoption is increasing in enterprise environments. Developers are building more AI agents today and integrating AI into business applications. They also depend on an increasing number of models across their organizations.
But without a central control point, organizations may have limited visibility. Teams might find it difficult to determine which models are suitable for a given workload. They also might have no visibility into model performance and AI costs. The A10 AI Gateway solves these issues of centralized AI management. It gives organizations a single environment for AI traffic and usage. This allows teams to be more efficient and to have better control over the AI’s work.
“Enterprises are being asked to move fast on AI and stay in control at the same time. AI use is spreading faster than teams can discover, govern, or secure it, driving up cost and leaving no single place to set the rules. The A10 AI Gateway gives organizations one intelligent control plane to see how AI is being used, to govern who can access which models, and match every request to the right model at the right cost. Our integrated portfolio gives customers a complete, sovereign way to put AI to work at scale. That is how enterprises adopt AI with confidence instead of trading speed for control,” said Dhrupad Trivedi, president and CEO, A10 Networks.
A10 AI Gateway Adds Intelligent AI Routing
Previous AI gateways were mainly around centralized access and API management. They also helped organizations measure requests across providers. But the enterprise AI landscape has become more complex. “Different teams now require different AI models for their workloads. Also the complexity of each request can be very different. So organizations need more than static routing and basic usage metering. The A10 AI Gateway provides intelligent control of enterprise AI traffic. It reviews each request and finds the right model for that workload.” This allows organizations to balance performance, capability and cost.
The platform also has controls on access, usage and spend. Organizations can put these controls at individual and team levels.
The A10 AI Gateway features key capabilities that include:
- AI Access by Identity: Organizations can apply AI access and routing policies based on user and group profile. For example, the engineering team and the finance team might have different policies. The platform integrates with existing local directory systems.
- Smart Routing The A10 AI Gateway offers more than static routing rules and basic metering. It defines the type and the complexity of each request. It can then shift simpler workloads to cheaper models. It can also send complex reasoning tasks to more capable models.
- Centralized Traffic and Cost Management The gateway offers a centralized control plane for AI traffic. It tracks real time dollar cost for each individual request. It also supports token budgets per model and per team.
- Organizations can put hard caps on spending and get alerts for soft limits. They can also implement rate limits at the business-layer. These dial back TPM and RPM limits by key or by team.
It also offers a single pane of visibility on AI use. This also enables organizations to track how teams access and govern AI models. The result is a more measured approach to enterprise AI. It also allows for better efficiency and increased security. This means organizations can maximize the value of their AI interactions while still retaining visibility into their operations.
A10 Networks Broadens Full-Lifecycle AI Strategy
The A10 AI Gateway is an element of A10 Networks’ larger AI security portfolio. The portfolio includes TrojAI and ThreatX.
These offerings together provide AI security across the technology lifecycle. Organizations can test-run artificial intelligence systems prior to deploying them. They can also provide runtime workload protection. They can also enforce controls at the network and API levels. A10 Networks offers the portfolio as software or with integrated hardware. These solutions can be totally customer environment based. You can deploy on-premises infrastructure and private cloud environments.
The portfolio also can operate in air-gapped environments. This approach provides organizations with control over models, data and policies. In addition, the architecture is designed for data sovereignty requirements. This is an advantage for organizations that have strict data control needs. Cloud-hosted and edge-hosted gateways may not provide the same level of control.
A10 Networks is broadening its enterprise AI management offerings with the A10 AI Gateway. The platform combines AI routing, cost management, observability, security and governance. As enterprises adopt more AI, these capabilities can help organizations manage increasingly complex AI environments.
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