SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner® in the Market Shapers quadrant of the September 2026 Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security—one of only two vendors to be recognized in that position.[1] According to Gartner, vendors evaluated in the Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security are assessed across two axes: potential for market disruption and poten