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A reporter from Channel 13. February 22, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
March 13, 2026, 8:58 pm
Tech group led by Wiz CEO acquires Channel 13: ‘Israel deserves an independent news channel’
Group says they’re planning on ‘leading digital innovation and establishing a unifying, Zionist, Israeli consensus’; rival bid from Netanyahu supporter had worried government critics
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
March 11, 2026, 7:03 pm
In biggest exit in Israeli history, Google completes $32 billion deal to buy Wiz
With the Wiz purchase, Google wants to bolster its AI cyber offerings to compete in the cloud race against global tech giants; deal to inject an estimated $3.2b into state coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
February 10, 2026, 6:38 pm
Wiz is sued for NIS 200 million over alleged ‘phantom’ acquisition of Israeli startup
Startup Raftt files a lawsuit accusing cybersecurity unicorn of orchestrating a takeover of its founders and employees, and a pilfering of its technology; Wiz denies allegations
By Sharon Wrobel
Jeff Horing, co-founder and managing director of New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners, (left), during a visit at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, on May 6, 2025. (Courtesy of Insight Partners)
May 6, 2025, 11:20 pm
On Israel visit, Wiz investor commits to back local entrepreneurs and startups
New York-based venture firm Insight Partners, which opened its Tel Aviv office in 2019, has invested close to $6 billion in the Israeli tech ecosystem over the past two decades
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
April 3, 2025, 1:27 am
41 Israelis make Forbes billionaires club; Wiz founders double fortunes
Miriam Adelson is richest Israeli on annual list; Musk regains top spot with a net worth of $342 billion; Springsteen, Schwarzenegger, Seinfeld new on the list
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
March 20, 2025, 11:32 am
From Waze to Wiz: How Google learned to love Israeli tech
The biggest buyout in the country’s history will make the unpretentious Wiz founders multibillionaires, while an estimated $4 billion in taxes is set to flow into national coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
March 18, 2025, 4:45 pm
In biggest exit in Israeli history, Google buys cyber unicorn Wiz for $32 billion
With the acquisition of Wiz, Google’s parent company wants to strengthen its cyber offerings to better compete in the cloud computing race against tech giants Amazon and Microsoft
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
March 18, 2025, 11:17 am
Google agrees to buy Israel’s cyber unicorn Wiz for $32b, country’s biggest tech deal
Purchase is also largest by Google parent firm Alphabet; Google CEO: ‘Together, Google Cloud and Wiz will turbocharge improved cloud security’
By Sharon Wrobel
ILLUSTRATIVE- Cybersecurity. (NicoElNino via iStock)
February 11, 2025, 7:39 pm
Israel’s Check Point and Wiz partner to merge cyber tech
The new partnership looks to offer a comprehensive and holistic cloud protection solution against cyber threats and breaches
By Sharon Wrobel
The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, January 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
January 30, 2025, 6:41 am
Sensitive data from DeepSeek exposed to web, warns Israeli-founded cyber firm
Wiz CTO says the Chinese AI startup quickly secured the breach ‘but this was so simple to find we believe we’re not the only ones who found it’
By Raphael Satter
Founders of Israeli-founded startup Dazz (from left to right): Yuval Ofir (VP R&D), Merav Bahat (CEO), and Tomer Schwartz (CTO). (Courtesy)
November 21, 2024, 6:05 pm
Cyber unicorn Wiz snaps up Israeli-founded startup Dazz for $450 million
Wiz, recently valued at $12 billion, says the deal will bolster its cloud security platform with AI capabilities to detect and manage security breaches with a faster response time
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 23, 2024, 11:33 am
Google’s $23b deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz reported to fall apart
Cloud security startup, which propelled its founders onto small list of Israeli billionaires, will seek IPO instead; deal may have collapsed over antitrust concerns, insiders say
By ToI Staff
Wiz's offices in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
July 17, 2024, 8:36 pm
Google’s Wiz acquisition would be new feather in cap of Israeli military intelligence
As war in Gaza squeezes Israel’s economy, likely deal underscores resilience of tech industry, where many are alumni of military intelligence units
By Steven Scheer
Israel Defense Forces operate in Gaza, July 17, 2024, in this handout image. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 17, 2024, 2:44 pm
Daily Briefing July 17: Day 285 – Hamas is forced to surface as Gaza tunnels destroyed
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on the north, IDF’s conviction Muhammad Deif was killed, ultra-Orthodox draft; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel on potential Wiz mega-deal
By ToI Staff
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 16, 2024, 10:33 pm
Could Google’s $23b bid for Israel-founded cyber unicorn boost local tech outlook?
Parent company Alphabet is said to be in ‘advanced talks’ with Wiz, in what would mark the biggest-ever Israeli tech acquisition, and generate tax windfall during Gaza war period
By Sharon Wrobel
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