If closed, the cash transaction, announced Tuesday, will become Google’s most expensive acquisition in the company’s 25-year history. The purchase gives Google new momentum in its efforts to compete ...

The tech world took a major double take this year when a security startup called Wiz founded out of Israel just four years earlier became the subject of a record-breaking, $23 billion acquisition ...

The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list will be revealed Tuesday, May 19th Wiz has walked away from a deal with Google that would have valued the company at $23 billion. CEO Assaf Rappaport told employees the ...

Assaf Rappaport, the co-founder and CEO of cloud security startup Wiz, said that turning down a $23 billion offer from Google was “the toughest decision ever,” but justified it by saying the company ...

The cybersecurity company valued most recently at $12 billion will instead pursue an eventual IPO, CEO Assaf Rappaport said in a letter obtained by Forbes. Google’s talks to purchase cybersecurity ...

The cloud security vendor adopted the channel ‘early on’ and continually made smart investments into its platform, according to the CEO of major Wiz partner Evotek. Wiz made early moves to embrace ...

In the 80s and 90s, there was an electronic store chain called The Wiz with a catchphrase so infectious that people used it interchangeably with the name. The commercials are still on YouTube and the ...

The proposed $32 billion deal to combine Wiz with Google Cloud is poised to ‘accelerate our rate of innovation’ than the company could on its own, Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport wrote in a post. Google’s ...

The first time Gili Raanan ever gave Assaf Rappaport a big check, it was in a gas station. “It was a convenience store in a gas station that didn't really have tables, and there were two seats we ...

Deepfake audio scams are reaching the highest levels of organizations. Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport shared on Monday that hackers tried to steal credentials from his employees with a deepfake audio of his ...

When Assaf Rappaport left Microsoft to start a cybersecurity company called Wiz in early 2020, he wondered if his timing was terrible. But, amidst the pandemic, he built a firm worth billions that ...