Google eyed for Wiz buy
- Social posts flagged a reported $32 billion bid by Google to acquire Wiz, an Israeli cloud security company. (x.com) - The price noted in posts was about $32 billion, prompting immediate discussion about nationalisation of Israeli cyber firms. (x.com) - Observers highlighted Wiz's tooling and Unit 8200 talent ties as core parts of the deal's strategic value for cloud security. (x.com)
Google agreed on March 18, 2025 to buy cloud security company Wiz for $32 billion in cash, its biggest acquisition ever. (blog.google) Google said Wiz would join Google Cloud, while Wiz’s security products would keep working across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud as well as Google’s own platform. (blog.google; cloud.google.com) Wiz sells software that scans a company’s cloud setup for exposed data, weak settings and attack paths across multiple providers. Google said the deal would strengthen its hand in cloud security as businesses move more workloads and artificial intelligence systems online. (cloud.google.com; cnbc.com) The price was far above the roughly $23 billion level discussed in Google’s earlier 2024 talks with Wiz. Reuters and other outlets reported in July 2024 that Wiz had walked away from those first negotiations, then resumed talks in 2025 at a higher valuation. (lipperalpha.refinitiv.com; techcrunch.com) Wiz was founded in 2020 by Assaf Rappaport, Yinon Costica, Roy Reznik and Ami Luttwak after the group previously built cloud security company Adallom. The company grew quickly enough that investors valued it at $12 billion in a May 2024 funding round, before Google agreed to pay nearly three times that amount 10 months later. (wikipedia.org; sacra.com) The founders’ Israeli military intelligence ties became part of the public conversation around the deal. Reuters reported in 2024 that Rappaport was a former officer in Unit 8200, and Israeli tech outlets described Wiz as another high-profile company built by veterans of Israel’s cyber and signals units. (timesofisrael.com; calcalistech.com) Regulators then took nearly a year to review the transaction. Google said on March 11, 2026 that it had completed the acquisition, and Alphabet’s investor relations site repeated that Wiz would keep its brand and continue supporting all major cloud platforms. (blog.google; abc.xyz) That timeline turned a social-media rumor into a closed deal: a $32 billion cash purchase that gives Google Cloud a fast-growing security business without forcing Wiz customers off rival clouds. (blog.google; cloud.google.com)
