Big Tech attendees like Alphabet, Meta and Amazon had already decided to bow out of the annual tech conference.
"Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend," Cosgrave said in a statement on Saturday.
At the beginning of the week, Cosgrave took to social media to express his personal opposition to Israel's counterattacks in Gaza. "To repeat: War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies & should be called out for what they are," Cosgrave said in aHis remarks triggered a flurry of cancellations from high-profile attendees like Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and others. This year's conference is scheduled for Nov. 13 to Nov. 16 and is set to take place in Lisbon, Portugal.on Web Summit's blog, saying he understood that the timing of his comments "caused profound hurt.
"What is needed at this time is compassion, and I did not convey that," Cosgrave said in the apology.
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