Google Cloud and Wiz Turn Defense Into an Agentic Response to AI-Powered Attacks

Google Cloud and Wiz Turn Defense Into an Agentic Response to AI-Powered Attacks

Attackers and defenders are now playing with the same toys: powerful AI models that can find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in hours. At Google Cloud Next ’26, Google and Wiz unveiled a set of AI-driven defenses designed to shrink the time between discovery and remediation — and to automate much of the manual work that has left security teams lagging

Google Completes $32 Billion Acquisition of Wiz

Google Completes $32 Billion Acquisition of Wiz

Google has finalized its acquisition of Wiz, the Israeli cloud and AI security company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $32 billion. The deal, announced as closed in March 2026, is the largest acquisition in Google’s history and represents a major move by Google Cloud to deepen its capabilities in cloud-native and AI security. Deal overview The acquisition brings the