And Apple on an almost 20 years old product, and Microsoft through its enterprise users, like 2 decades ago...Think about it Nvidia in 20 years is still just doing just very fast matrix calculations and idk Toyota is still making hybrids.
This assumption that a tech company is going to keep reinventing or inventing new wheels all the time has very little evidence in human history, while the opposite one, the many great tales of that super company that did so many great things and then is far more common.
The only exceptions are...academic? And that's because innovation and moving the field IS the role of research and academy, not companies returning earnings to investors.
I think Wiz accepted 15x because it is all-cash.
The rate at which they are still growing, a series C/D company would dream of.
[1] https://www.wiz.io/blog/100m-arr-in-18-months-wiz-becomes-th...