Wiz was founded only five years ago but offers an increasingly important cloud-security service as cyber risks grow.

NEW YORK (AP) — Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth. The all-cash acquisition announced Tuesday would be Google’s biggest in its 26-year history, and it is the biggest deal of 2025.

Google’s agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabet’s ongoing legal battles.

The venture capital firms that invested in cybersecurity firm Wiz, which agreed to a $32 billion buyout by Google's parent Alphabet, stand to reap returns as high as 200 times for seed investors, among them Sequoia Capital,

Google parent Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) planned purchase of cybersecurity startup Wiz includes a termination fee of about 10% of the $32 billion purchase price. A reverse termination fee to Wiz of about $3.