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Equity · Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Shardul Shah on Wiz acquisition and AI Security

Shardul Shah reflects on the $32 billion acquisition of Wiz by Google, mentioning that the co-founder and CTO, Ami, discussed the company's mission to address both human-driven and adversarial security needs from the outset. Shah believes this approach is key to reshaping the AI security category.

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“Ami, the co-founder and CTO of Wiz, talked to me about this from the beginning of the business, which is how do we manage both of those needs for security?”
Shardul Shah
“And so I do think it's appropriate to think about Wiz, um, bring it not to 1946 to to, you know, this decade.”
Shardul Shah
“And so I think it's really relevant and I think it's the beginning of how this AI security category is actually going to be reshaped.”
Shardul Shah
Heard on Equity — “What’s next for cybersecurity, according to Index Ventures’ Shardul Shah”, published Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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