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Most likely reason is FTC. Wiz integrates with big 4 cloud providers. No way FTC is allowing Google to take control. JD Vance's nomination and support for curre
by thegrizzlyking 2y ago
Most likely reason is FTC. Wiz integrates with big 4 cloud providers. No way FTC is allowing Google to take control. JD Vance's nomination and support for current FTC chair(Lina Khan) doesn't help.
Current FTC is good(personal opinion) from anti trust point of view but maybe bad for startup exits[0].
[0] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1812978264484552987 https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1812978264484552987
- titanomachy 2y agoIf they’re actually worth anything near $23B they can just go public. I’m sure they’ll be fine haha
- neurotixz 2y agoWiz has tons of competitors, and Microsoft is one of them, so are Palo Alto Networks, Tenable, Crowstrike, SentinelOne, etc... Wiz is definately a leader but are in no way a monopoly, so I do not see this as an FTC play to stop the deal.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoI think the antitrust argument is more about preventing Big tech from getting even bigger rather than directly related to Wiz.