Google parent close to $23 billion deal to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz, WSJ reports
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Google parent Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

A deal could come together soon, assuming the talks don't fall apart, the report added.Google and Wiz did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

The U.S.-Israeli startup raised $1 billion in a private funding round in May, which values the four-year-old cloud cybersecurity company at $12 billion. 

 The Wall Street Journal and other sources, Google's parent company, Alphabet, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for approximately $23 billion. If the deal goes through, it would mark Google's largest-ever acquisition and further accelerate its presence in the cybersecurity industry