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Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud Expand AI Security Pact With Multibillion-Dollar Deal

The move positions both companies to court enterprises prioritizing built-in protection for generative AI projects.

Overview

  • Palo Alto Networks will migrate key internal workloads to Google Cloud under the expanded agreement, deepening the firms' engineering collaboration.
  • Palo Alto is integrating Google's Gemini models and Vertex AI to power its security copilots and new AI-focused services.
  • Reuters reported, citing a person with direct knowledge, that the commitment is approaching $10 billion over several years, a figure the companies did not confirm.
  • Palo Alto president BJ Jenkins said spending will cover both moving existing offerings to Google Cloud and building additional AI services.
  • The companies said customers will be able to secure live AI workloads and data on Google Cloud, building on more than 75 joint integrations and roughly $2 billion in Google Cloud Marketplace sales.