Google Breaks Acquisition Record, Seals $32 billion deal for Cybersecurity Startup Wiz

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has broken its own acquisition record, doling out $32 billion for a five-year-old cybersecurity startup, Wiz. 

The deal was completed last week, roughly one year after it was officially announced in March 2025. Wiz will now join Google Cloud’s ecosystem to strengthen its security capabilities. 

Speaking on the Techcrunch Equity Podcast, Shardul Shah, a partner at Wiz’s largest shareholder, Index Ventures, shared insights on why Wiz was picked by Google and why the company walked away from a previous acquisition deal made by Google for a lesser offer. 

“It’s no surprise that it’s Wiz. Wiz is at the centre of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend. And those are central today in light of the AI era, where every single workload needs to be secured. So we’re super proud to have been the largest shareholder in the company. And yes, I think it’s at least the deal of the month.” Shah said

The venture capitalist described the $32 billion Google deal as the deal of the year or decade, and the largest venture-backed acquisition in history. 

Before the $32 billion Wiz Deal, Google’s largest acquisition was Motorola Mobility, a $12.5 billion deal completed in 2012. 

Second Major Exit for Wiz founders 

Wiz, founded in 2020, is the second major exit by its four Israeli founders, Assaf Rappaport (CEO), Ami Luttwark (CTO), Yinon Costica (VP Product), and Roy Reznik (VP R&D). 

The team of four initially founded Adallom, which they sold to Microsoft in 2015 for $320 million. 

Wiz’s acquisition highlights the growing demand for efficient Cloud Security as millions of firms integrate artificial intelligence and cloud-based infrastructure into their daily operations. 

The company’s unique value proposition is its building of efficient products that detect security vulnerabilities and risks across major cloud platforms. It works with Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. 

The Cloud security firm hit a $1 billion valuation within months of its public launch in 2020, drawing the attention of key stakeholders in the global cloud ecosystem. 

Last updated: March 16, 2026