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Wiz

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Wiz

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Whiz had an absurd operating plan that retrospectively proved successful. observed

fresh · evidence 4d ago 10 sources no confidence data
—/100
Developer momentum
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 Evidence sufficient to publish Yes

    The inclusion bar: two or more independent sourced evidence families. This profile is published and listed. It is a statement about how much evidence we hold, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

    UNKNOWN (not a soft no, never counted as qualified). Blocker: No source states a band-bearing stage for any financing event we hold.

    Venture backing: not found · Stage band: UNKNOWN — No source states a band-bearing stage for any financing event we hold.

    What would overturn this:

    Assessed 2026-10-24 for seed/Series-A sourcing.

Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
not checked
homepage

Composite signal v0 insufficient evidence — 1 of 5 components

Five evidence lanes (activity, capital, infra, hiring, ecosystem) as within-cohort percentiles, combined with evidence-breadth weights over the 60-company baseline cohort. The ± band widens with missing lanes — it measures what the score stands on. Scores publish at 2+ evidence lanes; this company's tape carries 1 (0 signals/60d), so no number is claimed.

Traction

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Current round

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Opportunity & risk

No standout signal or flag yet.

9 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

The skeptic's read what this company has said, judged against what happened

3 claims on record 2 verified 1 contradicted 0 still unproven

Sharpest miss on record: “Google will acquire Wiz for an amount roughly 23 times what Facebook paid for Instagram.” — Google has not acquired Wiz; the company remains independent, and no transaction approaching 23 times the $1B Facebook‑Instagram purchase has occurred.

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What people are saying 21 signals from 1 voice ▾
Technology No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

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Raw observations 74 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
buyer_fit.assessment {"buyer": "seed/Series-A sourcing", "method": "Backlog pass 2026-10-24: applied the record_buyer_fit.ts fit rule to this company's held primary-source financing evidence (funding.round.* / sec.form_d. observed assessment 2026-10-24 normalized 0.90
buyer_fit.status unknown observed assessment 2026-10-24 normalized 0.90
common_name Wiz observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-01 normalized 0.60
common_name Whiz observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-01 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 608 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.max_points 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.mentions 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336476", "title": "Google closes deal to acquire Wiz", "points": 325, "created_at": "2026-03-11", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unv observed artifact ↗ 2026-03-11 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43398518", "title": "Google to buy Wiz for $32B", "points": 608, "created_at": "2025-03-18"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-03-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {} observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
description Invested in by Sequoia and Cyber Starts, acquired by Google. observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-01 normalized 0.60
description Whiz had an absurd operating plan that retrospectively proved successful. observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-01 normalized 0.60
sector emerging derived calc 2026-09-28 normalized 0.50
signal.attributed_claims 3 observed intelligence.claims 2026-09-26 parsed 0.90
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