Google wraps up $32B acquisition of cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz

Google has formally acquired Israeli cybersecurity agency Wiz for $32 billion in money, a full 12 months after the businesses introduced the deal. This marks Google’s largest acquisition in its historical past.

Wiz gives a security platform that protects main cloud environments by stopping and responding to cybersecurity threats. Whereas the corporate will be a part of Google Cloud, it would keep its model and dedication to securing clients throughout all cloud environments, the corporate mentioned.

The deal comes after Wiz crossed $1 billion in ARR in 2025, in accordance with a supply acquainted with the matter. 

“This acquisition is an funding by Google Cloud to enhance cloud security and allow organizations to construct quick and securely throughout any cloud or AI platform,” reads an announcement from Google.

As massive organizations more and more work throughout completely different clouds — together with Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud — having Wiz onside is a transparent transfer by Google to win extra enterprise shoppers with a multi-cloud security platform. 

Collectively, the 2 corporations will work on delivering a “unified security platform” to assist organizations cope with threats quicker — a vital job because the rise of vibe coding has resulted in a rise in security vulnerabilities and prompt-based assaults turn out to be extra commonplace. Wiz has leaned into its personal use of AI to enhance risk detection and investigation at each layer of a cloud’s surroundings, from code and infrastructure to runtime. 

Google initially approached Wiz in 2024 with a proposal to purchase the startup for $23 billion. Wiz walked away from that provide. Its CEO Assaf Rappaport mentioned, on the time, that he felt the enterprise might develop to be lots greater than that.

Google and Wiz revived acquisition talks within the first few months of 2025, and Google introduced it was shopping for Wiz for $32 billion in March 2025.

The deal comes after it obtained approval from U.S. and European Union regulators in November 2025 and February 2026, respectively, following antitrust probes.

This story has been up to date with extra details about the deal and Wiz’s 2025 financials.