Israeli-American cybersecurity company Wiz looks set to become Google’s largest-ever acquisition in a deal worth around $50 billion ($US32 billion), after a smaller bid was reportedly rejected last year.

Google has made a move to acquire cloud security platform Wiz for US$32 billion. Once the deal is done, Wiz will join Google Cloud. This acquisition represents an investment by Google Cloud to accelerate two large and growing trends in the AI era: improved cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds.

Tuesday's big news that Google is acquiring security startup Wiz for a record-breaking $32 billion comes with a very big qualifier. Google says it will