Google to buy Wiz for $32B

Re:Google to buy Wiz for $32B by ebiester on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @09:37AM (#43399290)

This is meant to be politically-neutral commentary: this deal doesn't happen without a Republican in office that will squash the antitrust bent that the Biden administration started.

It's also possible the last Wiz deal happens without the antitrust swirling over Google.

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Re:Google to buy Wiz for $32B by walterbell on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @10:32AM (#43399909)

Some policy is being continued, https://natlawreview.com/article/antitrust-under-trump-initi...

> FTC Chairman Ferguson and Omeed Assefi, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, announced on February 18, 2025, that the FTC and DOJ will continue to use the 2023 Merger Guidelines as the framework for their merger review process.

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Re:Google to buy Wiz for $32B by Workaccount2 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @09:59AM (#43399489)

Depends on how many complements Google gives the emperor on his clothes. The DOJ reiterated selling off chrome last week, so it's not off the table.

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Re:Google to buy Wiz for $32B by SJC_Hacker on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @12:51PM (#43401636)

Rump likes to play favorites and use any power at his disposal to hurt his political / personal enemies or people he thinks don't "respect" him enough. He also is a fan of extorting people.

So I wouldn't count on it based on some generic "pro-business" position. Google is going to have to kiss the ring one way or another.

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Re:Google to buy Wiz for $32B by zifpanachr23 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @09:07PM (#43407250)

I just don't think the anti trust case is as strong in the security industry vs. many other parts of the software industry. I don't think a Biden admin would necessarily have jumped to try and block this sort of acquisition either.

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