The $32B acquisition that one VC is calling the ‘Deal of the Decade’

In line with Index Ventures Companion Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “on the middle of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and safety spend.” These tailwinds powered what simply turned the biggest venture-backed acquisition in historical past — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024 provide, antitrust assessment on each side of the Atlantic, and an additional $9 billion to sweeten the pot.

On this episode of Trendster’s Fairness podcast, Anthony Ha, Rebecca Bellan, and Sean O’Kane sit down with Shah to dig into what made Wiz value that price ticket and extra of the week’s headlines. From DOGE information issues to Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup and Meta’s acquisition of viral AI agent social community Moltbook. Plus, the most recent within the Anthropic vs. DoD saga as tech employees at OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft signal on to a authorized temporary in help of Anthropic.

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