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Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud to Expand Partnership in Multibillion-Dollar Deal

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By Katherine Hamilton 




  Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership in a new multibillion-dollar agreement to help companies develop agentic AI. 



  The new phase of the partnership will bring AI security from code to the cloud for customers, software firewalls to secure the cloud and a simplified security experience. 



  The companies will also provide a secure access service edge platform that secures access and networking for remote users. 



  Palo Alto Networks will now use Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform and Gemini large-language models to power its copilots. 



  The companies didn't share an exact figure for their partnership expansion. 



  The expansion builds on a partnership that has had more than 75 joint integrations and $2 billion in sales through the Google Cloud marketplace. 





  Write to Katherine Hamilton at katherine.hamilton@wsj.com 





  (END) Dow Jones Newswires



  December 19, 2025 12:55 ET (17:55 GMT)


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