Bill Gates Pulls Out of India AI Summit Amid Epstein Criticism

[lostincalifornia]

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates backed out of a keynote address at a high-profile Indian AI summit just hours before he was due to speak.

The Gates Foundation, the billionaire’s philanthropic organization, explained the decision as an effort to ensure the focus remains on the conference, without elaborating. The withdrawal follows criticism of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and speculation about whether that link threatened to overshadow the organization’s broader mission.

The move came “after careful consideration, and to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit’s key priorities,” the foundation said in an X post.

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Gates Foundation Chief Executive Officer Mark Suzman told employees this month that the association with Epstein had “sullied” the organization’s reputation, the Financial Times reported. Representatives for the agency declined to comment on Gates’s pullout beyond their public statement.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/bill-gates-pulls-out-of-address-at-high-profile-india-ai-summit

[hlthe2b]

1. So is Elon Musk receiving the same treatment? He damned well should be shunned as well.

At least Gates has done some good with HIS foundation--despite his culpability (whatever that might really be).

[yaesu]

4. Yeah, I bet Gates was just a victim of Russian honey trap Epstein donations like Clinton

but wasn't involved with the pedo branch of the operation like nepo Nazi Elon.

[Irish_Dem]

5. How do you mean?

What do you think Gate's involvement was?

[yaesu]

7. My guess, Epstein used his Russian supplied money to offer donations to charities tied to the rich elite

and powerful like Gates, Clinton with the purpose of making himself look more legit and probably trying to compromise them. It's an old Soviet spy technique.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes Epstein connected to the richest and most powerful men

in the US and Europe.

Putin wanted to destroy it all.

[yaesu]

2. I hope lil nepo Nazi Elon gets hounded by demonstrators everywhere he goes

but the AI industry loves the pedo king

[Swede]

3. The walls are closing in.

It's about time.

[stollen]

9. This happened as Andrew was getting arrested

Bill would have found out Andrew’s predicament so decided for whatever reason not to give the speech? Because it would have come off as preachy and hypocritical?

Macron was going to be in the audience.

Perhaps Bill was afraid of being served?