Cobalt.io vs Wiz
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Pentest as a service platform connecting enterprises with vetted researchers for on-demand, time-boxed security tests delivering results in days. Eliminates multi-month fixed-scope engagements;
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Cobalt.io is a pentest as a service platform that replaces the traditional engagement model for penetration testing — multi-month sales cycles, fixed-scope contracts, and point-in-time PDF reports — with an on-demand platform that connects companies with a curated network of vetted security researchers to run targeted, time-boxed pentests that deliver results in days rather than weeks. The platform's core innovation is the application of talent marketplace mechanics to security testing: companies define their test scope and objectives through the Cobalt platform, and vetted pentesters with relevant expertise are matched to the engagement, perform testing, and submit findings through a structured findings interface that delivers actionable vulnerability data in real time rather than in a post-engagement report delivered weeks after testing completes.
Cloud security platform acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for $32B in March 2025 — cybersecurity's largest-ever acquisition; grew from $0 to $500M ARR in 4 years with agentless Security Graph competing with Orca.
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Wiz is a New York-based cloud security platform — acquired by Alphabet/Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in a $32 billion deal announced in March 2025 (the largest cybersecurity acquisition in history) — that had raised $900 million at a $12 billion valuation from Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, Sequoia, and Index Ventures before the acquisition. Founded in 2020 by Assaf Rappaport and four co-founders (former Unit 8200 cyber intelligence officers and Microsoft Azure security alumni), Wiz grew from $0 to $500 million ARR in four years — the fastest SaaS company to reach $500M ARR in history — by providing agentless cloud security visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.
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