Google officially snaps up Wiz as it closes mammoth $32 billion deal

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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• Google's $32 billion Wiz deal has officially closed.
• The search giant said last year it would buy the cybersecurity firm to bolster its cloud business.
• It's Google's biggest-ever acquisition.

Google's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz has officially closed.

The search giant announced on Wednesday that Wiz will join Google Cloud at a moment when AI is making cloud security more vital.