A section of graduates at Stanford University staged a walkout during Google CEO Sundar Pichai's keynote address, protesting over the technology giant's reported contracts with Israeli government.
Pichai, who is an alma mater of Stanford University, returned to the institution Sunday to deliver keynote address at the commencement ceremony for the class of 2026.
The walk out, staged by a group of around 200 students, was organized by Stanford's Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and the campaign No Tech for Apartheid. The organizers had reportedly indicated well ahead of the event that they will boycott Pichai's speech in protest against the $1.2 billion Project Nimbus cloud computing deal, under which Google and Amazon provide Israeli government agencies with cloud and AI services.
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