Inside the Google-Wiz acquisition and the deal's biggest winners

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4.2 • 365 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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It was on, then off, and welp, now it's on again — and this time for a lot more money. Yep, the Equity podcast dug into Google's $32 billion acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz. There was a lot to unpack: the why, the how, what it means. And of course, there was the "who wins" part. Sequoia is takes home the VC prize for total payout. But another plucky VC out of Israel called Cyberstarts had the largest percentage win. Tune in to find out just how much, plus the crew's other insights on the deal and the breakup fee if it fails. Listen to the full episode to hear about: What Max thought about Nvidia's GTC conference, plus a roundup of the important news from the event What the Equity liked, loved, and was wary about with the Klarna IPO The drama surrounding HR companies Rippling and Deel and an alleged spy Waymo's deal to begin mapping the roadways at the San Francisco Airport and what the autonomous vehicle company agreed to. Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Blue Skies. Hello moving onwards and upwards. Hello taking control of your money.
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0:27.6	chl.co.
0:28.6	UK 4 slash ISA. Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast about the business of startups.
0:47.3	Today is Friday, March 21st. I'm Kirsten Koresak, transportation editor at TechCrunch.
0:52.9	I'm Max Zeph, a reporter with TechCrunch. And I'm Anthony Ha, the weekend editor at TechCrunch. I'm Max Zhef, a reporter with TechCrunch.
0:55.2	And I'm Anthony Ha, the weekend editor at TechCrunch. And before we get to the main episode,
0:59.6	Kirsten, I think you've been tracking some activity from Waymo at SFO, right?
1:03.9	I mean, I'm always tracking everything that Waymo does and like basically stalking them. Sounds like a threat. But yeah, so this is interesting, and it's a follow-up to
1:11.7	a scoop I had about a year ago, which was through a FOIA request and saw a lot of emails back
1:18.1	and forth with Waymo and the San Francisco airport and their airport commission. And the reason why
1:24.6	this matters is really it was all about trying to get a permit to begin
1:29.6	mapping. Mapping isn't shuddling people around, but it is the first step, a very important step,
1:35.5	to essentially unlocking what is the killer application of robo-taxies, which is bringing people to and
1:42.5	from the airport. So what just evolved from this now almost a year later is that the airport authority says,
1:49.3	yep, we're going to give you permission to do this.
1:51.9	And my little scoop is really about the terms of the agreement, which hadn't been reported
1:56.9	before.
1:57.8	And there's two really important things in the agreement, data sharing. So
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