Katy Perry Performs for Tech Firm Founded by Ex-IDF Soldiers
At a luxury getaway for staff in Thailand.
by Sophia Sheera
13 November 2026
Katy Perry put on a private show for employees from American-Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz in Thailand earlier this month.
Staff at the company were enjoying a five-day luxury getaway in Khao Lak on Saturday, 7 November when the American popstar arrived by surprise, Israeli news outlet Israelim reported.
Wiz was founded in 2020 by “four tech musketeers” who “met in the Israeli army and served together in the IDF for almost a decade”, the Times of Israel reports. All four are graduates of Unit 8200, the Israeli army’s cyber-security arm responsible for the mass surveillance of Palestinians living in apartheid conditions.
In March 2026, Wiz was acquired by Google parent company Alphabet for $32bn. Google’s links to the Israeli government were already well-established through Project Nimbus, the cloud computing project signed in 2021.
Perry is yet to comment on the online backlash garnered by her performance. But in May 2024, she shared a Unicef post calling for a ceasefire and condemning the “unconscionable” killing of children in Rafah.
Sophia Sheera is a journalist in Novara Media’s social media team.