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מימין דאלי ראג'ק ו אסף רפפורט wiz

From IPO dreams to a Google acquisition: Wiz's $23 billion journey

16.07.24|Sophie Shulman
Wiz, once focused on an IPO, ultimately embraced a massive buyout from Google, altering its growth trajectory. The acquisition is a testament to the fluctuating dynamics of the tech sector and investor influence. 
מייסדי וויז, מימין לשמאל: רועי רזניק , עמי לוטבק , אסף רפפורט ו ינון קוסטיקה

Wiz founders to net over $2 billion each in Google deal

15.07.24|CTech
CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, VP Product Yinon Costica, and VP R&D Roy Reznik are each believed to hold an estimated 10% of the company. With all four being Israel residents, each will have to pay 25% capital tax and an additional 3% surtax, meaning they will be contributing over $600 million each in taxes. 
Assaf Rappaport Wiz Dog

From Waze to Wiz: Google writing new chapter in Israeli tech history

14.07.24|Sophie Shulman
A small step for Google is a giant leap for Wiz and especially for the Israeli tech industry, which has been struggling to preserve its prestige and reputation in what has been the most challenging year and a half it has known. 
הנפקת Wiz ויז

Wiz acquisition: Google goes all-in on cyber with historic deal

14.07.24|Meir Orbach
Google can transform Wiz through its vast infrastructure into a billion-dollar company in a very short time, making it an equal competitor to giants like Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and others. 
מייסדי וויז, מימין לשמאל: רועי רזניק , עמי לוטבק , אסף רפפורט ו ינון קוסטיקה

Google in negotiations to acquire Wiz in $23 billion deal

14.07.24|Meir Orbach
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google parent Alphabet is looking to purchase the Israeli cybersecurity company in what would be its largest acquisition ever. Wiz raised $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation earlier this year.
דאטה סנטר

Google’s AI ambitions threaten carbon neutrality pledge

04.07.24|Omer Kabir
Data center expansion leads to 48% Increase in emissions since 2019
משרדי גוגל תל אביב

Google shutting down biotech company’s R&D centers in Israel

29.06.24|CTech
Verily was launched in Israel in August 2021, but its approximately 30 remaining employees, based in Tel Aviv and Haifa, are being laid off following Alphabet's decision to concentrate all R&D activity in the U.S.
Edge JFrog

A look at Google's new Israel office and why JFrog bought Qwak

27.06.24|CTech
Also on our AI-native show: eHealth Ventures launches fast-track pre-Seed investment program for health tech companies
הדמיית מגדל משרדים ToHa2 תל אביב אמות גב ים

Google inks record-breaking $300 million Tel Aviv rental deal

25.06.24|Dotan Levy
The largest office rental agreement in Israeli history will see the tech giant rent approximately 60,000 square meters in the ToHa2 tower in Tel Aviv, set to open in 2027 
גוגל ו לוגו אפל

The dirty secret behind data backup

02.06.24|Viki Auslender
The tech giants are relentless in urging us to back up photos, emails, files and other data that we will never use. A service that started out as free is currently bringing them billions of dollars a year and also polluting the environment in the process 
מנכ"ל מיקרוסופט סאטיה נאדלה ומנכ"ל אלפבית גוגל סונדר פיצ'אי

How cloud credit became tech's new currency

28.05.24|Viki Auslender
Tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google use their cloud services as a kind of new currency. They invest in companies while giving "credit" to use the cloud instead of paying in cash, and along the way attract and tie start-ups to their infrastructures
סנדרה ג'ויס סמנכ"לית בגוגל קלאוד

Google Cloud VP: "Cyber ​​attacks are psychological warfare"

21.05.24|Adiel Eithan Mustaki
According to Sandra Joyce, vice president at Google Cloud and head of Mandiant Intelligence at Google, the tactic of harming public morale during wartime is familiar and ancient. She does not rule out the possibility of an Iranian cyber attack on electrical infrastructure, but according to her, an attack on a national level is difficult to accomplish.
עובדים פרו פלסטינים מתבצרים במשרדי גוגל

Google lays off 28 employees for protesting against Israeli cloud contract

18.04.24|Reuters
"Physically impeding other employees' work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies, and completely unacceptable behavior," the company said in a statement.
עובדים פרו פלסטינים מתבצרים במשרדי גוגל

Google employees arrested following protest over Israel ties at executive’s office

17.04.24|CTech
The employees were arrested during a sit-in at the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in California, during a day of company-wide protests by Google employees at offices across the US in protest of Google’s Project Nimbus deal with Israel
כנס TechTLV - גיל גרוסקופ סמנכ"ל טכנולוגיה מקורות

Google to offer Mekorot technology in its marketplace

07.04.24|Adiel Eithan Mustaki and Meir Orbach
Mekorot's meklock system enables monitoring and management of infrastructure facilities
Sergey Brin (left), Mark Zuckerberg

The AI talent gold rush: Tech giants offering million-dollar salaries, accelerated options

03.04.24|Omer Kabir
The technology giants are chasing after the hot talents in artificial intelligence with lucrative pay offers and an accelerated track for options. Google founder Sergey Brin even called one of the engineers to prevent him from moving to OpenAI
גוגל ו לוגו אפל

Could regulators break up Apple and Google?

24.03.24|Reuters
Regulators allege companies such as Apple and Google have built impenetrable ecosystems around their products, making it difficult for customers to switch to rival services, which led to the coining of the term walled gardens
דוכן מיקרוסופט בתערוכת MWC ב ברצלונה

Microsoft's AI power play is bad news for innovation

21.03.24|Viki Auslender
Mustafa Suleyman, who left Google to found Inflection AI and design artificial intelligence products for the public good, has been swallowed up by Microsoft. The message to consumers waiting for AI products: in this race there is only room for giants who will shape the market according to their interests
מימין משרדי גוגל תל אביב ו לוגו אפל

Is the Google-Apple AI deal a game changer?

18.03.24|Omer Kabir
According to Bloomberg, Apple is holding negotiations to integrate Google's artificial intelligence engine into its iPhones; the deal could make Google one of the clear winners in the AI race, and will improve Apple's capabilities in the field
CTech NY Conference PANEL GOOGLE Hanit Marinov, Lana Tockus-Rappopor

Inside Google’s decision to invest in Israeli startups after October 7

06.03.24|James Spiro
Google’s Hanit Marinov and MagniLearn’s Lana Tockus-Rappoport joined CTech at Calcalist’s Mind The Tech NY to discuss Google’s new fund to help Israeli startups
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