Google closes its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B, marking Google's biggest acquisition yet; Google initially approached Wiz in 2024
Google has officially acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in cash, a full year after the companies announced the deal.
TechCrunchRebecca Bellan
Context & Ripple Effects
Wiz rejected an earlier $23 billion Google proposal in 2024 while pursuing an IPO, before Google returned with the larger $32 billion agreement announced in 2025.
The transaction then cleared key review milestones, including the DOJ's completed review and unconditional EU approval. Closing converts a long-running proposed acquisition into an operating integration challenge for Google and Wiz.
First-order effects
Google takes ownership of Wiz and its cybersecurity business, completing the company’s largest acquisition rather than leaving Wiz as an independent vendor.
Wiz’s founders and investors realize the transaction’s cash outcome; related reporting indicates the four co-founders are each positioned to receive more than $2 billion after tax.
Second-order effects
Cloud-security rivals and Google’s cloud competitors must respond to a more tightly aligned Google-Wiz offering, especially where customers value security tools that work across cloud environments.
The completed deal gives late-stage cybersecurity investors a prominent exit benchmark after Wiz previously opted against a sale and planned an IPO.
Third-order effects
The close suggests that large cloud platforms can use acquisitions to bring high-value security capabilities in-house when regulatory reviews do not identify a competition concern.
If similar deals continue to clear, cybersecurity may become more central to cloud-platform differentiation, while independent vendors face stronger incentives to prove multi-cloud neutrality or scale independently.
The trend: Cloud providers are increasingly treating cybersecurity as a core platform capability, with major acquisitions supplementing in-house product development.
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