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AI to drive more, but potentially smaller cybersecurity deals
Manage episode 468704153 series 3408191
Troy Hooper, Mergermarket’s Los Angeles-based editor, and Cristiano Dalla Bona, Mergermarket’s New York-based senior ECM reporter, join Dealcast host Julie-Anna Needham to discuss the outlook for dealmaking in the sector, including:
- How inexpensive, open-source AI platforms, like DeepSeek, are opening up opportunities for dealmaking and potential criminal activity
- How the rapid developments in AI affect buyers’ needs and shape dealmaking
- Why buyers in cybersecurity are targeting smaller acquisitions rather than megadeals
- Which IPOs could arise in the near future, including unicorns like Orca Security and Wiz
All this and more in this week’s Dealcast.
225 episodes
Manage episode 468704153 series 3408191
Troy Hooper, Mergermarket’s Los Angeles-based editor, and Cristiano Dalla Bona, Mergermarket’s New York-based senior ECM reporter, join Dealcast host Julie-Anna Needham to discuss the outlook for dealmaking in the sector, including:
- How inexpensive, open-source AI platforms, like DeepSeek, are opening up opportunities for dealmaking and potential criminal activity
- How the rapid developments in AI affect buyers’ needs and shape dealmaking
- Why buyers in cybersecurity are targeting smaller acquisitions rather than megadeals
- Which IPOs could arise in the near future, including unicorns like Orca Security and Wiz
All this and more in this week’s Dealcast.
225 episodes
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