Google and Wiz said the antitrust review initiated by the United States Department of Justice into their planned $32 billion acquisition has been cleared.
The companies announced reaching an agreement on the terms of an acquisition in March 2025.
News of a Justice Department antitrust review into Google’s planned acquisition of the cloud security giant came to light in mid-June. The goal of the probe was to determine whether the deal would harm competition in the cybersecurity market.
During the recent WSJ Tech Live California event, Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport confirmed that his company had cleared the regulatory hurdle, noting they are “still in the journey between signing and closing”.
The DOJ recently signaled the clearance of the merger by issuing an early termination of its investigation, indicating it will not challenge the deal further.
“We look forward to completing the review process in other jurisdictions,” a Google spokesperson told the media. “The acquisition of Wiz is expected to close in 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.”
A possible acquisition of Wiz by Google was first announced in July 2024, when the deal was reportedly valued at $23 billion. Wiz walked away, saying that it had decided to pursue an IPO.
The new $32 billion deal between the two companies is the biggest cybersecurity acquisition ever, followed by Palo Alto Networks’s deal to acquire CyberArk for $25 billion. Cisco acquired Splunk for $28 billion in 2024, but that was a hybrid security and observability play, rather than a pure cybersecurity deal.
Wiz has developed solutions designed to find and address security flaws in enterprise cloud deployments.
Google has long sought to strengthen its presence in the enterprise cybersecurity space and the addition of Wiz technologies to Google Cloud — alongside Mandiant — will help the tech giant establish an end-to-end security platform, covering proactive defense, threat intelligence, and incident response.
Google said Wiz security products will remain accessible across all major cloud platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud. Additionally, customers will continue to have access to Wiz’s offerings through partner security solutions.
[ Read: What’s Behind Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition? ]
Agnidipta Sarkar, chief evangelist at zero trust microsegmentation company ColorTokens, commented, “This strategic collaboration between Wiz and Google Cloud will likely result in more integrated security solutions for clients in the cloud sector. The industry is expected to see a continuation of innovation in cloud security, thereby delivering increased value to clients. This acquisition may also provide substantial advantages for Google’s enterprise cloud business.”
Karen Walker, CFO at cloud security provider Sysdig, a Wiz competitor, said some Wiz customers have concerns.
“Organizations are increasingly building infrastructure across multiple cloud and on-prem environments. For Wiz customers who’ve come to expect cloud security independence, the path forward has become a lot murkier. Wiz customers operating in other clouds are suddenly at risk of becoming second-class citizens, facing higher costs and slower innovation,” Walker explained.
“At its scale, Google will naturally align Wiz more tightly with its own platform and roadmap, and the other cloud providers are likely to be less open to sharing their roadmap with Wiz. This roadmap sharing between partners is so important for security companies to stay aligned with cloud innovation,” Walker added.
Related: Jamf to Go Private Following $2.2 Billion Acquisition by Francisco Partners
Related: Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 45 Deals Announced in October 2025
