Wiz | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
Wiz is a leading cloud security platform that helps organizations of all sizes identify and mitigate critical risks in their cloud...

Wiz is a leading cloud security platform that helps organizations of all sizes identify and mitigate critical risks in their cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Kubernetes. The platform employs an agentless approach to provide deep visibility and risk prioritization, enabling security and development teams to build faster and more securely.
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Headquarters
New York, NY
Size
501-1000 employees
Industry
Computer and Network Security
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🛍️ Wiz Product and Pricing News
- Wiz now integrates with Escape to pull its inventory for application testing and enrich its platform with Escape's DAST findings.
- Wiz has replaced its integration with Hunters with Microsoft Teams, indicating a strategic shift in its collaboration tools.
- Wiz announced the general availability of Wiz Code, which maps vulnerabilities from cloud to code and offers one-click fix suggestions, transforming security postures by preventing future issues.
- Wiz launched its new Wiz App for Slack, enhancing productivity with AI-powered features.
- Wiz now integrates with the Slack AI Assistant and has introduced a Slack bot for enhanced issue management.
- Wiz has introduced a new feature for ASPM that extends security beyond code scanning to protect the entire software supply chain.
- Wiz announced a new Snowflake Connector to expand its cloud security coverage to Snowflake environments.
- Wiz has expanded its 'Cloud Threat Landscape' database with over 300 updates, including 11 new incidents uncovered by the Wiz Threat Research Team.
👔 Wiz CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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Director, CSP Global Partnerships
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Director of Product Management
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Director of Field Marketing, Americas
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Senior Director of Product Marketing
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Director
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Director Public Sector Channels and Alliances
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Director of products, Wiz
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Co-Founder & CTO
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Chief of Staff
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Chief Business Officer
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Chief Software Architect
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Regional Vice President UK&I
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Vice President
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Area Vice President
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Co-Founder and CEO
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CTO of Container Security
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Field CTO
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CTO of Enterprise Solutions
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⚔️ Wiz Alternatives and Competitors
- Singularity Cloud Security |
- Prisma Cloud |
- Sysdig Secure |
- Trend Vision One - Cloud Security |
- Lacework Polygraph Data Platform |
- Orca Security |
- Check Point CloudGuard |
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud |
- P0 Security |
- Sweet Security |
- Aqua Security |
- Cloudflare |
- OneLogin |
- Ghostery |
- Druva Security Cloud |
- CrowdStrike Falcon |
- Cisco Duo |
- Trend Micro Deep Security |
- AWS CloudTrail |
- Datadog |
- Veracode |
- Qualys


💼 Wiz Hiring and Layoffs
- Wiz appointed Fazal Merchant, former Co-CEO of Tanium, as President and CFO to lead financial strategy and prepare for an IPO.
- Yuki Okamoto has joined Wiz as a CTO Office Solution Architect, previously serving as a Senior Technical Solutions Engineer at Google in Japan.
- Jessica Bookman has left Wiz as Regional Vice President, Commercial in the United States to join Sublime Security as Area Vice President, Commercial.
- Brandon W. has joined Wiz as a Major Account Director in the United States, previously serving as Global Account Director at Superblocks.
- James Koutsoukis has joined Wiz as Director of Business Systems in the United States, previously serving as Director, Corporate Systems at Tanium.
- Raph Soeiro has left Wiz as Director, Tech Enablement and Certification in the United States to join Axonius as Sr Director of Training and Certification.
- Matthew Andersen has joined Wiz as Director Solutions Engineering in the Greater Seattle Area, previously serving as VP of Global Sales Engineering at Sysdig.
- Adrian Beck has joined Wiz as Global Vice President, Customer Success and Renewals in the United Kingdom, previously serving as Vice President & Head of Customer First EMEA at Okta.
🤖 Wiz Developer, Integration and Automation News
- Wiz added Colgate-Palmolive as a customer, enhancing its multi-cloud security posture with collaborative risk mitigation.
- Grammarly has chosen Wiz to secure its cloud environment, achieving 100% coverage of cloud accounts and zero critical/high risks.
- Hackuity has partnered with Wiz to join the Wiz Integration Network, enhancing cloud risk management and improving vulnerability oversight for clients.
- Wiz has been announced as a new customer of Brex, joining other major companies like Arm and Robinhood.
- Wiz helped Datavant centralize security across six companies.
- Konverso's security head Thibault Moinecourt explains their choice of Wiz to enhance data security across EMEA.
- Wiz replaced its integration partner from Serv to Tamnoon, indicating a strategic shift in its cloud security ecosystem partnerships.
- Wiz uses Finout's platform for cloud-agnostic cost allocation and governance.
📈 Wiz Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- Wiz and Google have completed a $32 billion deal in Q1 2025.
- Google Cloud DACH announced the acquisition of Wiz to enhance cloud security for businesses.
- Jefferies reports that CrowdStrike CFO Burt Podbere views Google's acquisition of Wiz positively, noting it will take time to integrate Wiz's technology into Google Cloud Platform.
- Wiz, led by CEO Assaf Rappaport, is recognized as one of CRN's 10 Cloud Startups To Watch in 2025, following a $1 billion funding round and the acquisition of Dazz in late 2024.
- Wiz achieved over $500M in annual recurring revenue by rapidly scaling its enterprise go-to-market strategy, focusing on direct sales to Fortune 100 companies and leveraging cloud marketplaces.
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