Season 1 · Episode 1
AI to drive more, but potentially smaller cybersecurity deals
Dealcast: The M&A Podcast · Anthony Phillips
February 27, 202510m 33s
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Show Notes
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.