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Wiz — Startup ProfileThe cloud security platform that secures everything you build and run in the cloudHQ: New York, NY, United States + Tel Aviv, Israel | Founded: 2020 | Employees: ~1,800 | Stage: Acquired by Google ($32B, closed March 2026) | Website: https://www.wiz.ioAboutWiz is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) that provides risk-based visibility from code to cloud. Founded in January 2020 by Assaf Rappaport (CEO), Ami Luttwak (CTO), Yinon Costica and Roy Reznik — all former founders of Adallom (acquired by Microsoft in 2015) and leaders of Microsoft's Cloud Security Group — Wiz is headquartered in New York with major R&D in Tel Aviv. The platform agentlessly connects to AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI and Kubernetes in minutes, building a normalized Wiz Security Graph of every cloud resource, identity, vulnerability, secret and exposure. On top of that graph it prioritizes toxic combinations via Attack Path analysis, unifying CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, DSPM, container/K8s security, vulnerability management, and IaC scanning. Wiz Code extends security intKey Metrics

Google Acquisition Price: $32B (announced Mar 2025, closed Mar 2026)

Last Private Valuation: $12B (Series E, May 2024)

Total Funding (pre-acquisition): $1.9B

ARR: $1B (late 2025), $500M (2024)

Headcount: ~1,800

Founded: January 2020

Funding Rounds

Round: $20M (2020-03-01) — Cyberstarts, Index Ventures

Round: $100M (2020-12-01) — Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital

Round: $130M (2021-03-01) — Greenoaks, Index Ventures

Round: $250M (2021-10-11) — Greenoaks, Insight Partners

Round: $300M (2023-02-27) — Lightspeed Venture Partners

Key People

Assaf Rappaport

Ami Luttwak

Yinon Costica

Roy Reznik

Key Competitors

Orca Security —

Palo Alto Networks — Prisma Cloud —

CrowdStrike — Falcon Cloud Security —

Microsoft Defender for Cloud —

Timeline Highlights

2026-03-15: Google closes $32B Wiz acquisition

2025-12-01: ARR hits $1B

2025-03-18: Google announces $32B acquisition of Wiz

2024-12-01: ARR hits $500M; Wiz Defend GA

2024-07-23: Wiz walks away from $23B Google talks (first approach)