2 w. ago How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer

Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands to make $3 billion, about 25x the money it invested in the company, Bloomberg reported. Despite substantial returns for Sequoia’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago An AI model from over a decade ago sparked Nvidia’s investment in autonomous vehicles

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote Tuesday at the company’s GTC 2025 conference stuck with tradition and was chock full of announcements. But the company also snuck in a little history lesson. During the automotive portion of his speech, Huang referred to AlexNet, a neural network architecture that gained widespread attention in 2012 when it won […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion, the largest deal in company history

Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion to boost the tech giant's in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.

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2 w. ago Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company's history

Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the biggest acquisition in the tech giant's 26-year history.

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2 w. ago Google is buying Wiz for up to $33B to beef up in cloud security

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is acquiring Wiz, the cloud security startup, for between $32 billion and $33 billion, sources very close to the deal have told me. The deal should be announced imminently. Our sources confirm that Wiz will remain an independent platform that will […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Confirmed: Google buys Wiz for $32B to beef up in cloud security

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is buying Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal has now been confirmed. Wiz will remain an independent platform that will work across all cloud providers, not just Google Cloud Platform. There will be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Mike Vrabel explains why Milton Williams warranted largest deal in Patriots history

"There’s power. Certainly, there’s an aggressiveness. To be able to add him to our defensive line is something that was really exciting.” The post Mike Vrabel explains why Milton Williams warranted largest deal in Patriots history appeared first on Boston.com.

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