By Meir Orbach
Publication Date: 2026-03-09 07:57:00
Google’s massive acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz is expected to close this week, Calcalist has learned.
The deal, signed in March 2025, is the largest exit in Israeli high-tech history, with a value of approximately $32 billion. To be completed, it had to pass a series of regulatory approvals in several jurisdictions.
The U.S. Department of Justice approved the acquisition at the end of 2025, clearing one of the most significant hurdles. The decision was closely watched, as Google has been under increasing scrutiny in the United States over antitrust concerns.
According to people familiar with the process, U.S. regulators were convinced that the acquisition of Wiz would strengthen competition against Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure rather than harm competition in the cloud market.
Most recently, the European Commission approved the deal without imposing restrictive conditions. European regulators concluded that the acquisition does not raise significant competition…
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