Google Closes Its $32B Acquisition of Cloud Security Platform Wiz After a Year-Long Review

by | Mar 12, 2026 | E-commerce News

Google has completed its acquisition of Wiz, a cloud and AI security platform, a year after the deal was first announced in March 2025. Wiz will join Google Cloud while maintaining its brand and continuing to support all major cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud, consistent with Google's multicloud openness commitment. The combined platform is positioned to help enterprises detect and respond to AI-powered cyber threats, with Google citing growing demand from businesses and governments migrating sensitive workloads to the cloud as the primary driver.

Paul Drecksler is the founder and editor of Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, covering the most important stories in e-commerce.

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