# Who does F5, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/f5 · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-24T10:49:44.782531+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: F5, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Flex Ltd., Intel. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 3 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-24).

### 칼립소AI (high)
- metric: Amount $145M · FY2025 · Cash purchase consideration recognized for the CalypsoAI acquisition
- note: F5 acquired CalypsoAI in September 2025 and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. The announced transaction value was $180 million, while the cash purchase consideration recognized in the 10-K was $145.2 million.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-11-25) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869525000157/ffiv-20250930.htm: "On September 26, 2025, the Company closed on a transaction for the acquisition of CalypsoAI Corp. for $145.2 million in cash, with CalypsoAI immediately becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of F5."
- [mentions] Financial News (KO, news, published 2025-09-23) https://www.efnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=123497: "F5 said it would acquire all outstanding shares of privately held CalypsoAI, based in Dublin, Ireland, for $180 million."
- [confirms] IDC (EN, analysis, published 2025-09-11) https://cdn.studio.f5.com/files/k6fem79d/production/e6d9b0e5a377e30643ab2a6367b2ce9bc171598b.pdf: "F5 is acquiring CalypsoAI to integrate GenAI red teaming, threat detection, and governance into its Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)."

### 플렉스 (high)  → /flex-ltd.md
- note: Flex is F5's primary third-party hardware manufacturing partner. It performs assembly, quality control, and systems testing in Guadalajara and Zhuhai while also managing component procurement and fulfillment.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-11-25) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869525000157/ffiv-20250930.htm: "We outsource the manufacturing of our products to various manufacturing partners, including our primary third-party manufacturer service provider, Flex Ltd."
- [confirms] F5 (EN, ir, published 2025-04-24) https://cdn.studio.f5.com/files/k6fem79d/production/5392ad1056bd12c9c668de6de9ea87fa7a637300.pdf: "Our supply chain consists of a global network of electronic component suppliers, with final product assembly completed by Flex Ltd. in Guadalajara, Mexico and Zhuhai, China. Purchasing of components for F5 production is done primarily through Flex."

### Intel (mid)  → /intel.md
- note: F5's rSeries hardware uses Intel processors. Because component purchasing is handled primarily through Flex, Intel is an upstream contributor to F5's hardware cost rather than necessarily a direct-pay vendor, and no supplier-specific spend is disclosed.
- [confirms] F5 (EN, ir, published 2026-03-27) https://www.f5.com/pdf/products/f5-application-delivery-controller-system-rseries-data-sheet.pdf: "F5 rSeries also leverages a new architecture and hardware with larger, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and the latest Intel processing for CPU."
- [mentions] F5 (EN, ir, published 2025-04-24) https://cdn.studio.f5.com/files/k6fem79d/production/5392ad1056bd12c9c668de6de9ea87fa7a637300.pdf: "Purchasing of components for F5 production is done primarily through Flex. However, as F5 maintains design control, we conduct our own risk assessments on the suppliers specified in our products."

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