Palo Alto and Google Cloud seal nearly $10B AI security pact

Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud have expanded their long‑running partnership in what sources describe as a multi‑year AI security deal worth nearly $10 billion. The agreement, announced in a Dec. 19 press release and highlighted again on December 22 in Indian trade media, includes migrating key Palo Alto workloads to Google Cloud and co‑developing new AI‑driven security services.