๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒโ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. โ Started in ๐๐๐๐ โ Acquired for $๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ in ๐๐๐๐ โ Became the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ณ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ $๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ In 2020, four Israeli entrepreneurs, led by ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, saw a HUGE problem: "๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐โ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฒ." ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐? Make cloud security ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ for businesses. So they built ๐๐ข๐ณโa platform that could ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ without the hassle of complicated setups. And it ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ Within 5 years, Wiz became a dominant force: โข ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ became customers โข Hit a $๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ โข Projected to make $๐๐+ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ By 2025, Wiz was ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐โso Google made a $๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ bet on them. This was ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ. But hereโs the smartest part: โ Wiz will continue working with ๐๐๐ & ๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ (Googleโs biggest rivals!) โ They wonโt get absorbedโjust supercharged. โ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ just secured a front-row seat in cloud securityโs future. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ Wiz didnโt just build another cybersecurity product. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. They didnโt ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ - they made it run smoother, faster, and smarter. Now? ๐๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more content related to startups and entrepreneurship!
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