- EU decision to be made by February 10, US investigation still ongoing
- Google’s $32 billion takeover of Wiz would be largest ever
- Wiz promises to “remain a multicloud platform”
European antitrust regulators from the bloc’s Commission are expected to issue a formal decision on Google’s acquisition of Wiz as soon as February 10, according to PK Press Club report.
Valued at $32 billion, if the operation were to materialize, it would constitute the largest acquisition ever made by Alphabet, but it is not only European regulations that are holding back the transaction.
In the US, a review is also underway, with the DOJ conducting a preliminary antitrust review to determine whether Google’s takeover of Wiz would limit competition. Naturally, the scale of the deal will cause many delays, with investigations potentially taking months.
Europe to approve/reject Google’s acquisition of Wiz in February 2026
In a March 2025 blog post, Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, explained that the two companies intended to come together to manage the increased frequency and severity of cyberattacks.
Kurian also emphasized that Wiz’s products would remain cloud-agnostic, supporting competing companies like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud – a clear indication that Google was prepared to conduct a competitive investigation.
“We also both believe that Wiz should remain a multi-cloud platform, so that regardless of the cloud, we continue to be a leading platform,” explained Assaf Rappaport, co-founder and CEO of Wiz.
However, failing to get approval would cost the tech giant dearly. Google has reportedly agreed to pay Wiz a 10% breakup fee, or about $3.2 billion, if the company doesn’t go out of business.
Although each deal is scrutinized in isolation, Google hasn’t had much luck with antitrust regulators in recent years. US federal judges found the company guilty of having an illegal monopoly in online search and parts of advertising technology, and the company has also been hit by European investigations linked to the Digital Markets Act.
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