Top executives at Google highlight the $32 billion Wiz acquisition, the company's largest deal ever, amid a critical time for AI and cybersecurity.

When Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Yinon Costica, and Roy Reznik were riding a bus to their Israeli army base nearly a decade ago, they weren’t just swapping stories. They were shaping what would become one of the biggest exits in venture capital history.

Google’s $32 billion bet is that the opportunity here is far bigger than any of these concerns — Wiz could put Google’s services on the map at a turning point for cloud computing and AI.