Based on Index Ventures Accomplice Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “on the heart of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and safety spend.” These tailwinds powered what simply turned the biggest venture-backed acquisition in historical past — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024 supply, antitrust assessment on either side of the Atlantic, and an additional $9 billion to sweeten the pot.
On this episode of TechCrunch’s Fairness podcast, Anthony Ha, Rebecca Bellan, and Sean O’Kane sit down with Shah to dig into what made Wiz value that price ticket and extra of the week’s headlines. From DOGE knowledge issues to Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup and Meta’s acquisition of viral AI agent social community Moltbook. Plus, the newest within the Anthropic vs. DoD saga as tech staff at OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft signal on to a authorized temporary in assist of Anthropic.
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