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מימין: מנכ"ל Wiz אסף רפפורט והמשקיע גילי רענן מקרן הסייבר

Napkin contract in gas station: Wiz's journey from Israel's military intelligence to $23B exit

17.07.24|Reuters

Along with universities, Israel's military intelligence and technology units, such as 8200, have provided the leaders for hundreds of tech startups, including Wiz.

דייב דה וולט מייסד קרן NightDragon

Dave DeWalt: "Wiz is at the right place, at the right time, with the right product"

17.07.24|Reuters

The founder of the cyber-focused VC firm NightDragon and former CEO of cyber firm FireEye noted that cloud security is the most important and fastest-growing part of cybersecurity, which is why Google is interested in Wiz's products to defend against ransomware gangs wreaking havoc on large enterprises

מימין ניר צוק ו עומרי כספי

From Nir Zuk to Omri Casspi: The unexpected winners of the historic Wiz deal

17.07.24|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach

The Palo Alto Networks founder and NBA player turned VC are just two of the surprise winners in the deal. The likes of Shlomo Kramer, Mickey Boodaei, and Marius Nacht are also all set to make a handsome profit through their investment in Gili Raanan’s Cyberstarts fund, which is believed to hold a $900 million stake in Wiz.

מימין דאלי ראג'ק ו אסף רפפורט wiz

From IPO dreams to a Google acquisition: Wiz's $23 billion journey

16.07.24|Sophie Shulman

Wiz, once focused on an IPO, ultimately embraced a massive buyout from Google, altering its growth trajectory. The acquisition is a testament to the fluctuating dynamics of the tech sector and investor influence.

מייסדי וויז Wiz founders

Wiz founders to net over $2 billion each in Google deal

CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, VP Product Yinon Costica, and VP R&D Roy Reznik are each believed to hold an estimated 10% of the company. With all four being Israel residents, each will have to pay 25% capital tax and an additional 3% surtax, meaning they will be contributing over $600 million each in taxes.

Assaf Rappaport Wiz Dog

From Waze to Wiz: Google writing new chapter in Israeli tech history

14.07.24|Sophie Shulman

A small step for Google is a giant leap for Wiz and especially for the Israeli tech industry, which has been struggling to preserve its prestige and reputation in what has been the most challenging year and a half it has known.

Wiz acquisition: Google goes all-in on cyber with historic deal

14.07.24|Meir Orbach

Google can transform Wiz through its vast infrastructure into a billion-dollar company in a very short time, making it an equal competitor to giants like Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and others.

מייסדי וויז Wiz founders

Google in negotiations to acquire Wiz in $23 billion deal

14.07.24|Meir Orbach

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google parent Alphabet is looking to purchase the Israeli cybersecurity company in what would be its largest acquisition ever. Wiz raised $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation earlier this year.

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Nine Israeli health startups selected to Google’s Growth Academy

The local companies from the fields of medicine and quality of life are joining the first cohort of the tech giant's program

מרק צוקרברג עדות הפרלמנט האירופי

Are the Emerging Data Barons Paving the Way for a Brave New Corporate World?

19.11.18|Dov Greenbaum

The elite members of the sinister sounding FANG are expanding their reach, but the real concerns will arise when they start taking over some of the tasks that were heretofore the job of governments

משרדי גוגל ניו יורק מרפסת

Google Launches Startup Residency Program

24.10.18|Adi Pick

Participating startups will get a workspace for up to 6 months at a Google for Startups Campus in one of six locations—London, Madrid, São Paulo, Seoul, Tel Aviv or Warsaw

Waze Launches Carpool Feature Across U.S.

Google-owned mobile navigation app developer Waze announced on Wednesday it expanded its carpool feature to all 50 U.S. states

מארק צוקרברג פייסבוק

Israeli Watchdog Calls on Public in a Bid to Better Regulate Big Tech

04.09.18|Hagar Ravet

The Israeli Antitrust Authority is seeking comments on the promotion and protection of competition in the digital era

וואן פלוס 5 סמארטפון OnePlus 5

Waze Unavailable on OnePlus Devices After Latest Update

22.08.18|Nitsan Saddan

Alphabet-owned Waze owned up to the slip-up on Twitter, saying it is working to fix the issue and release a new update

דוד גולן Viz.ai

Kleiner Perkins, Alphabet Back Stroke Detection Startup Viz.ai

18.07.18|Meir Orbach

Kleiner Perkins led a $21 million round for the medical startup. Viz.ai develops an automated analysis of brain scans