Google is acquiring cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion, marking the company’s largest acquisition in its history, and CEO Sundar Pichai knows that it’s not a deal you make every day, thus he and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reached out to employees, telling them “why, and why now” in internal memos, per Business Insider.
“We don’t make deals like this every day, so I wanted to share a little more about why, and why now,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in an email to employees, emphasizing the strategic importance of the acquisition. Pichai then touched upon some of the points that were explained in the blog post made public, and he also then referred to Thomas Kurian’s, the CEO of Google Cloud, email to staff.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian to Google employees: “The growing adoption of AI has accelerated the threats”
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian explained that the announcement comes at a “critical time” as customers are “accelerating” their move of data to the cloud. “Most deployments are now multicloud or hybrid — introducing complex management challenges,” Kurian stated in his memo to staff.
The acquisition addresses key trends in the AI era, particularly the need for improved cloud security and multicloud capabilities. Wiz, which builds technology that scans cloud data and identifies security risks, will continue to be available through other cloud providers including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Kurian highlighted how AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape: “The growing adoption of AI has accelerated the threats both to and from AI models.” He added, “Together, we believe Google Cloud and Wiz will vastly improve how security is designed, operated and automated in the future.”
Google expects the Wiz acquisition deal to close in 2026
Matt Renner, Google’s president of global revenue, pointed to the “rising number” of cybersecurity breaches as a driving factor behind the acquisition. “We believe Wiz and Google Cloud together will accelerate organizations’ ability to improve security, lower the cost to do so, and ultimately spur the adoption of multicloud and cloud computing,” he wrote.
This deal follows earlier negotiations between Google and Wiz last year for a $23 billion acquisition that didn’t materialize. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval, with Google CFO Anat Ashkenazi expecting the deal to close in 2026. Until then, “Google Cloud and Wiz remain independent companies in all respects,” Renner emphasized in his memo.
The $32 billion price tag makes this the largest acquisition in Alphabet’s history and the biggest deal of 2025 so far, and also one of the biggest tech acquisitions of all time.