Wasn't this acquisition just a bit money laundering operation from Israel?
Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
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Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
#72Didn’t this happen a long time ago?
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
> will result in less competition The system working as intended. “Competition is for losers” - Peter Thiel
Thiel is an idiot
>> “Competition is for losers” - Peter Thiel
> Thiel is an idiot
Sounds more like he's selfish, perhaps to an unusual degree. Monopoly is great for the monopolist. For everyone else? Not so much.
Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
#75This isn't a new observation [0] but this means Google will now have two Wizes, since Wiz is also the name of their internal web framework [1].
Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unlikely, since modern Hebrew doesn't have a letter for "w".
Is it possible the foreignness makes ‘W’ appealing as it signals cool modern tech alignment or something? Like how ‘X’ attracts marketing and typographic knuckle-draggers in English, or how all our AI companies have butthole logos for reasons that only make sense if you understand the underlying companies and culture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Israel#W
There's 5 of them, two of which happen to have been acquired by Google. Fair to say it's likely a coincidence.
Interestingly, they all use "vav vav" as the start of their Hebrew names. "Vav" is the hebrew letter for V, so it's kind of like using VV to represent W.
Maybe you're right, and it's a stylistic thing! My knowledge of Hebrew ends in Hebrew school, and that mostly focused on blessing and prayers over startup naming.
Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
#77No reactions beside: monopolies are bad for innovation and why we cannot have nice things. You might hear some people say "but these big companies innovate". They were mostly done innovating two decades ago, now they just snuff out innovation and acquisition is one of their main tools.
well if you are waiting for the monopolies to be broken don't wait they will not be broken monopolies are here to stay, capitalistism for the rich and socialism also for the rich they best thing you can do is be rich yourself
Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
> will result in less competition The system working as intended. “Competition is for losers” - Peter Thiel
Thiel is an idiot
Maybe we should examine as an industry why so many mediocre men get elevated to positions of incredible power and run great businesses into the ground.
Re: Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
#79Congrats to to the Wiz team. Wiz is amazing. But, ugh, joining Google will result in less competition and all that entails. Not great for customers. It's a pity going public isn't worth it anymore.
> It's a pity going public isn't worth it anymore. Israeli VCs tend to be uninterested in IPOs in general - too much of an operational headache and it's difficult to exit a position quickly. In most cases an IPO isn't worth it for founders because an IPO means you lose operational control. It's basically the "Rich versus Kings" dichotomy [0]. Edit: can't reply > you can control the share allocations going into an IPO…
> Israeli VCs tend to be uninterested in IPOs in general - too much of an operational headache and it's difficult to exit a position quickly.
Interesting, why is this more true of Israeli VC's as opposed to VC's in other markets?
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Wiz and Waze are both Israeli companies. Not that suspicious, I think it probably just sounds better in Hebrew.
Unlikely, since modern Hebrew doesn't have a letter for "w".
It has vav which gets transliterated as v, u, o, or w. How does the average modern Hebrew speaker pronounce these company names in a sentence? Vix, Vayz, Viz? Is the "w" transliteration an example of Latin to Hebrew transliteration but not vice-versa?