Google's plan to buy security firm Wiz gets antitrust review | Company Business News

(Bloomberg) -Antitrust Handers of the Department of Justice Department reviewed or Google’s planned $ 32 billion acquisition from CyberSecurity Company Wiz Inc. The competition in the market will be limited illegally, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Officials in the department’s antitrust department, who investigate the agreement, have the contours of the Alphabet Inc. Unit’s plan investigated after the announcement in March, the people, who asked not to be identified, discussed a confidential case. Such inquiries include discussions with the merger companies as well as competitors and customers. The review, which is in the early stage, can take months. Ultimately, it will determine whether US officials will continue the agreement. Although full-scale antitrust assembly assessments are relatively rare compared to the number of transactions announced each year, there are signs that the firms have the investigation into the investigation. Google has agreed to pay Wiz a break -up fee of about $ 3.2 billion, or about 10% of the agreement value, if it does not close, Bloomberg reported previously. Google spokesmen and the doj declined to comment on the review. A spokesman for Wiz did not respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, Google faces an intense antitrust investigation from Washington. Over the past year, the search engine firm has been found by federal judges to have illegal monopolies in online search and some advertising technology markets. After these two decisions, it faces a possible breakdown of large parts of his business, including the Chrome web loader and some ad instruments used to place ads on the web. Previous acquisition Wiz, which offers skyster security, would not be Google’s first purchase of a major cyber security firm. In 2022 it bought Mandiant for $ 5.4 billion. Both transactions are intended to promote the company’s cloud computer business, which has historically deteriorated its peers, including Microsoft Corp. The DOJ also checked the Mandiant agreement, but never challenged the transaction. Mandiant and Wiz provide complimentary services, with the former specializing in threat intelligence and cyber fracture. Wiz offers similar capabilities, but its instruments also work to identify and block threats to organizations’ often complex wool comments. Wiz also works with competitive services from Amazon.com Inc., Oracle Corp. and Microsoft. At the announcement of the agreement, Google said the Wiz procurement is a way to increase its cloud safety offers and provide customers with new ways to keep their systems safe in a new era of AI. The businesses said Wiz’s products will continue to work on large cloud platforms, including competitive services. -With help from Davey Alba. More stories like these are available on Bloomberg.com © 2025 Bloomberg LP