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Web Summit chief executive Patrick Cosgrave has alleged one of his co-founders earned €328,000 for 'secret'

Dozens of companies pull out of Lisbon event following a wave of protest from tech bosses

A Web Summit co-founder received hundreds of thousands of euro in “secret” payments for working against the interests of the tech conference company while he was still a director there, according to claims made in Commercial Court proceedings.

Web Summit chief executive Patrick Cosgrave has alleged one of his co-founders earned €328,000 for secret consultancy work

Israel has said it will boycott Europe’s biggest technology conference after the event’s founder accused the country’s government of “war crimes” in its…

Patrick Cosgrave and Web Summit seek to amend defence to include fresh allegations against co-founder Daire Hickey

Web Summit chief executive Patrick Cosgrave has alleged one of his co-founders earned €328,000 for 'secret'

Lawsuit includes claim by CEO Paddy Cosgrave that Daire Hickey “permitted conflicts of interest to arise between himself and Web Summit”

Several AI and tech leaders said they will back out of Lisbon's Web Summit after the CEO called Israel's response to Hamas attacks 'war crimes.'

Garry Tan, CEO of the famous tech startup incubator Y Combinator, has withdrawn from participating in this year’s Web Summit, which is one of the largest tech conferences in the world. He and several other speakers are pulling out after Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave posted and liked messages that are critical of the Israeli government on X. Tan also noted that Cosgrave recently went into business with the country of Qatar, which is a known backer of Hamas.