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

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion US in what would be the tech giant's biggest-ever acquisition, a move which comes at the same time it's facing a potential breakup of its internet empire.

Google’s $32 billion Wiz acquisition deal is likely to be an accelerant to M&A activity in the cloud security space, according to TD Cowen’s Shaul Eyal.