Summit: Numerous cancellations after Cosgrave’s criticism of the West Lisbon, October 20, 2023 Google, Intel and Siemens AG have all pulled out of the Web Summit, Europe’s largest technology conference, after the event’s leader made controversial comments about Israel. Stripe, a longtime sponsor of the summit, also announced that its chief product officer and chief marketing officer will no longer be attending. The cancellations come after Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave criticized Western support for Israel on social media following the Hamas attacks. Cosgrave later apologized, saying his words and timing had „deeply hurt many.“ Ori Goshen, co-founder and co-CEO of AI startup AI21vo Labs, nevertheless canceled his keynote speech. Further cancellations from venture capitalists and technology leaders came from Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and Ravi Gupta of Sequoia Capital. Again Former PayPal boss David Marcus has vowed never attend a Web Summit event again, she to sponsor or speak there. The organizers of the Web Summit have not yet commented on the cancellations. The event, which will attract 70,000 visitors over three days, will take place from November 13th to 16th in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Summit: Numerous cancellations after Cosgrave’s criticism of the West Lisbon, October 20, 2023 Google, Intel and Siemens AG have all pulled out of the Web Summit, Europe’s largest technology conference, after the event’s leader made controversial comments about Israel. Stripe, a longtime sponsor of the summit, also announced that its chief product officer and chief marketing officer will no longer be attending. The cancellations come after Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave criticized Western support for Israel on social media following the Hamas attacks. Cosgrave later apologized, saying his words and timing had „deeply hurt many.“ Ori Goshen, co-founder and co-CEO of AI startup AI21vo Labs, nevertheless canceled his keynote speech. Further cancellations from venture capitalists and technology leaders came from Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and Ravi Gupta of Sequoia Capital. Again Former PayPal boss David Marcus has vowed never attend a Web Summit event again, she to sponsor or speak there. The organizers of the Web Summit have not yet commented on the cancellations. The event, which will attract 70,000 visitors over three days, will take place from November 13th to 16th in Lisbon, Portugal.

Von Horst Buchwald

Summit: Numerous cancellations after Cosgrave’s criticism of the West Lisbon, October 20, 2023 Google, Intel and Siemens AG have all…