Palestine

Self-described "radical Zionist." Made secret visit to Israel meeting PM Netanyahu and defense officials. Anduril builds autonomous weapons used by Israeli military. Exploring partnerships with Israeli defense-tech startups.

Palmer Luckey defense company provides autonomous weapons to Israel. CEO is self-described "radical Zionist." Exploring partnerships with Israeli defense-tech startups. OpenAI now partnered with Anduril.

Declared Israel is "NVIDIA's second home." Announced record-breaking campus investment. 4 of 6 new AI chips developed in Israel. 3,000+ Israeli employees. Met with Israeli leadership.

Israel is "second home" with 5,000 employees (15% of global workforce). 4 of 6 next-gen AI chips developed in Israel. Record campus investment. Deep ties since $6.9B Mellanox acquisition in 2019.

Amazon fired engineer Ahmed Shahrour for protesting the company's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus cloud contract with the Israeli government and military.

Vercel faced a growing boycott in September 2025 after CEO Guillermo Rauch posted a photo with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, praising their discussion of "AI education and literacy." Within hours, developers announced boycotts, canceling subscriptions and migrating to Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Fly.io, and Render. Companies including Boycat and Pluid publicly committed to leaving. Replit's CEO offered discounts to departing customers. Vercel issued no public statement addressing the backlash.

In September 2025, posted a selfie with Israeli PM Netanyahu at a private AI meeting in New York, captioning it with praise for Netanyahu and optimism for "peace, safety, and greatness for Israel and its neighbours." The post exceeded 33 million views on X and triggered a developer boycott of Vercel with hundreds canceling subscriptions and several employees publicly resigning. Rauch made no public apology.

After CEO Guillermo Rauch posted a selfie with Israeli PM Netanyahu in September 2025, Vercel faced a developer boycott with hundreds canceling subscriptions and employees resigning. Vercel issued no official company statement in response, leaving the controversy as Rauch's personal action. The Next.js framework's association with Vercel was also drawn into the debate.

Microsoft employees occupied Redmond HQ in August 2025 demanding the company sever ties with the Israeli military. Microsoft fired 5 protesters and asked the FBI for help. However, in September 2025 Microsoft cut off cloud services to an Israeli military unit after an investigation.

Protesters demonstrated outside Palantir's Manhattan office in June 2025, organized by Planet Over Profit, targeting the company's work with ICE, the Israeli military, and deportation infrastructure. Six protesters were detained by NYPD.

Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire led the $10M seed round for Kela, an Israeli defense-tech startup founded by IDF intelligence veterans after October 7, and participated in its $60M Series A in May 2025 alongside the CIA's In-Q-Tel. Maguire noted ~20% of recent Sequoia seed capital has gone to Israeli companies. The investments triggered boycotts of MUBI after Sequoia invested there, with 60+ filmmakers signing an open letter.

At Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebration in April 2025, a pro-Palestinian employee interrupted his presentation shouting "Mustafa, shame on you" and accusing Microsoft of selling "AI weapons to the Israeli military" and that "fifty-thousand people have died and Microsoft powers this genocide." Suleyman responded calmly: "Thank you for your protest, I hear you."

Wiz was founded by four Unit 8200 veterans who met on their first day of IDF military service in 2001: CEO Assaf Rappaport, Yinon Costica, Roy Reznik, and Ami Luttwak. Nearly 50 current Wiz employees are Unit 8200 alumni. Unit 8200 is the IDF's signals intelligence and cyberwarfare unit responsible for surveillance operations. Google's $32B acquisition (completed March 2026) drew criticism for putting "Israeli intelligence in charge of your Google data." The deal generated ~$3.2B in Israeli tax revenue.

Pentagon AI contractor. CEO Alexandr Wang: AI will "transform military operating process." Works with Israeli military tech partners via Thunderforge and Anduril.

Lists 321 properties in illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank. Faces legal actions from human rights groups. Reversed 2018 decision to remove settlement listings.

Partnered with Anduril (Palmer Luckey's defense company) in December 2024 to build AI for military drones. Reversed 2024 policy prohibiting "weapons development" and "military warfare" use.

OpenAI silent on Gaza while partnering with Anduril. No public stance on Palestinian workers fired from tech. Microsoft partnership fuels Israeli military AI.

Microsoft partnership provides cloud to Israeli government. Anduril partnership links to Israeli defense tech.

Oracle announced $10B Israel investment including cloud hub. Larry Ellison has personal Israel ties. Safra Catz served on Trump transition team advocating pro-Israel policies.

Oracle $10B Israel investment. Personal Israel philanthropy. Strong Zionist views. Israeli citizenship rumored.

Co-authored article praising Israel's use of AI in warfare. Running secretive AI military drone company (White Stork/Project Eagle). Stated AI will dominate future wars citing Israel as example.

a16z was most active VC in Israel in 2024 with 11 new investments. Recruiting elite IDF tech alumni for accelerator. Planned Israel office visit. Led Wiz funding round before $32B Google acquisition.

Most active US VC in Israel 2024. 11 new Israeli investments. Recruiting IDF alumni. Led Wiz $32B acquisition. Andreessen said if they open second office, it would "pretty likely be in Israel."

a16z most active US VC in Israel 2024 with 11 investments. Recruiting elite IDF tech alumni for accelerator. Said if opening second office "would pretty likely be in Israel." Led Wiz $32B acquisition.

a16z most active US VC in Israel 2024. Recruiting IDF tech alumni. Led Wiz $32B acquisition. Wife Felicia active in pro-Israel philanthropy. Silent on Gaza civilian casualties.

Wiz Israeli cybersecurity company. Founders from Unit 8200. Google $23B acquisition offer.

Produced "Screams Before Silence" documentary on October 7 with Israeli production company. Screened at US Capitol and White House. Nearly 3 million YouTube views.

Provided Azure cloud and AI services to Israeli military. Usage increased 64x after October 2023. Later cancelled some services to Israeli Defense Ministry unit after investigation.

Stated "my bias is to defer to Israel" and "IDF gets to decide what it wants to do." Co-founded Palantir which signed strategic partnership with Israeli Defense Ministry for AI targeting.

Vocal defender of Israeli military actions on All-In podcast. Dismissed Palestinian civilian casualties. Called critics "antisemitic." Hosts show with pro-Israel tech billionaires.

Defended Israeli actions on All-In podcast. Dismissed Palestinian civilian casualties. Pro-Israel advocacy on social media.

David Sacks vocally pro-Israel on All-In. Dismissed Palestinian casualties. Zionist advocacy.

Fired 50+ employees for protesting Project Nimbus ($1.2B cloud contract with Israeli government). Sit-ins held at NYC and Sunnyvale offices on April 16, 2024.

Google fired 28 employees in April 2024 after sit-in protests at offices in NYC, Seattle, and Sunnyvale over the $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government. Over 50 employees were fired total.

Fired 28 employees on April 17, 2024 who protested inside Google offices against Project Nimbus, the $1.2B cloud/AI contract with Israel. Nine workers were arrested. Google stated protesters "physically impeded" colleagues and violated policies. No Tech for Apartheid called the firings "indiscriminate."

Fired 28+ employees who protested Project Nimbus (Israeli government cloud contract).

Approved firing of 28+ workers who protested Project Nimbus. Google Israel contract continues. Silent on Palestinian casualties.

1,700+ Amazon employees signed petition urging CEO Jassy to rescind Project Nimbus contract with Israeli military. Amazon did not comply.

Oracle displayed "Oracle Stands with Israel" on all global websites. Announced $10B investment in Israel computing facilities. Collaborated with Israeli military on hackathon for Gaza settlements.

Netflix removed Palestinian content. Platform criticized for pro-Israel content moderation. Hastings silent on employee concerns about bias in content policies.

Starlink licensed to operate in Israel. Launched Israel's Dror-1 satellite in July 2025 for 15-year communications. Musk visited Netanyahu in November 2023.

Sequoia Capital China invested in DJI, whose products enable the repression and genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang according to the House Select Committee on the CCP. The firm also invested in DeepGlint, a Chinese facial recognition company blacklisted by the U.S. government for surveillance of Uyghur Muslims. These investments supported surveillance infrastructure that human rights organizations compare to occupation systems used against Palestinian populations. HongShan continues these investments after the March 2024 corporate split.

Criticized Israeli actions in Gaza. Blocked by pro-Israel accounts. Donated to Palestinian relief. One of few major tech figures to take pro-Palestinian stance.

Banned some Palestinian accounts. Moderation criticized as biased. But also removed some extreme anti-Palestinian content. Inconsistent enforcement.

Platform where Palestinian voices gained reach. Did not censor pro-Palestinian content like Meta. Criticized by pro-Israel groups for "allowing" Palestinian perspectives.

Human Rights Watch documented 1,050+ takedowns of Palestinian content on Instagram/Facebook. Six patterns of censorship including shadowbanning and account suspensions.

Said "nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs" on All-In podcast, dismissed human rights. Later walked back comments. Co-host of pro-Israel podcast but occasionally acknowledges Palestinian suffering.

Signed strategic partnership with Israeli Defense Ministry in January 2024 to provide AI targeting platform including "Gotham" for military operations in Gaza. Expected revenue in tens of millions from Israeli occupation.

Defended Palantir contracts providing AI targeting systems to Israeli Defense Ministry for military operations in Gaza. Signed strategic partnership in 2024 expanding surveillance and targeting capabilities.

Said "we don't mind losing customers" over Israel support. Doubled Israeli employee salaries during war. Met with Netanyahu, Herzog, and Defense Minister. Donated $1M to Magen David Adom. Sent supplies to IDF.

Posted pro-Israel content after October 7. Coinbase blocked Palestinian users in Gaza from accessing funds. "Mission-focused" policy used to silence internal debate on Palestine.

Unlike other VCs, has not been vocally pro-Israel. Focused climate and tech criticism on Trump. Khosla Ventures has minimal Israeli defense investments compared to a16z/Founders Fund.

Major Israeli portfolio including Wiz, Monday.com. Sequoia Israel office. Silent on Palestinian tech workers fired. Invested in Israeli defense-adjacent companies.

Lightspeed Israel is one of largest Israeli VC operations. Invested in Unit 8200 alumni startups. Portfolio includes companies serving Israeli military/intelligence.

Major investor in Israeli tech including Wiz. Danny Rimer defended Israeli tech ecosystem. Silent on Gaza humanitarian crisis while promoting Israeli investments.

Major Israeli portfolio. Led investments in Monday.com and other Israeli companies. Extensive Tel Aviv presence. No statements on Palestinian rights.

Invested billions in Israeli tech. Early Wix, Monday.com backer. Silent on Gaza while continuing Israeli investments. No diversity in leadership.

Israeli company headquartered in Tel Aviv. Leadership publicly supported Israeli military operations. Many employees serve IDF reserves during Gaza operations.

Amazon AWS provides cloud services to Israeli government. Project Nimbus partnership. AWS used by Israeli military and intelligence. Silent on Palestinian rights while profiting from occupation.

Provides surveillance and networking equipment to Israeli security services. Acquired Israeli companies. Chuck Robbins silent on Gaza while expanding Israel operations.

Dell Israel has $150M+ operations. Provides infrastructure to Israeli military and government. Michael Dell has personal Israel investments and philanthropy.

HP provides printing and computing to Israeli government. Legacy HP contracts with Israeli military. Less directly involved than HPE.

HPE has direct contracts with Israeli military. Aruba Networks (HPE subsidiary) provides networking to Israeli defense installations. Major presence in Tel Aviv.

Qualcomm Israel R&D center in Haifa. Acquired Israeli chip companies. Neutral on political statements.

SAP Israel operations. Provides ERP to Israeli companies including defense contractors. No public stance on conflict.

Apple provides products to Israeli military. Silent on Gaza while expanding Israel operations. Some employees protested Project Nimbus.

Microsoft Azure provides cloud to Israeli government. But also serves Palestinian NGOs. More balanced than Google/Amazon.

Garry Tan posted pro-Israel content. YC has extensive Israeli startup portfolio. Batch includes Israeli defense-tech. Silent on fired Palestinian workers.

Early Facebook investor. Accel Israel office. Portfolio includes Israeli defense-adjacent companies. Silent on Gaza.

Bessemer Israel office. Invested in Israeli companies. Published anti-portfolio acknowledging missed investments without political stance.

Nvidia chips used in Israeli defense systems. Major Israel R&D presence. But also sells to all markets globally. No public stance on conflict.

Palantir provides surveillance to IDF. Gotham platform used by Israeli military. Alex Karp openly pro-Israel.

Amplifies pro-Israel accounts. Suppresses Palestinian journalists per reports. Musk visited Israel, met Netanyahu. "Community Notes" biased.

Provides services to Israeli sites. Also to Palestinian NGOs. Infrastructure-level neutrality stance.

Defense tech investments include Israeli companies. Silent on Gaza while profiting from military AI. Close to Israeli tech ecosystem.

Openly pro-Israel. Palantir provides IDF surveillance. Called critics "useful idiots." Defense of Israel military actions.

Self-described "radical Zionist." Anduril weapons for Israel. Aggressive defense of Israeli military. Dismisses Palestinian concerns.

Scale AI works with Israeli defense via Anduril partnership. Silent on Gaza while profiting from military AI. Thunderforge initiative.

NEA has Israeli portfolio companies. Not vocally political. Traditional VC approach.

Part of Alphabet. Google Project Nimbus contract. Invested in Israeli tech including defense-adjacent.

Traditional VC not vocally political. Some Israeli portfolio companies.

Traditional VC approach. Some Israeli investments. Not politically vocal.

Andy Jassy oversaw Project Nimbus. Amazon provides cloud to Israeli military. Silent on worker protests about contract.

Marc Benioff has been relatively quiet on Gaza. Salesforce has Israel operations but less controversy than peers.

Dario Amodei focused on AI safety, not geopolitics. Anthropic has no public Israel stance. Palantir partnership complicates.

Patrick Collison apolitical. Stripe processes payments globally including Israeli companies. No public stance.

Guillermo Rauch focused on tech. Vercel infrastructure used by Israeli companies. No political involvement.

Brian Chesky quiet on geopolitics. Airbnb previously delisted West Bank settlements under pressure.

Evan Spiegel not vocally political. Snap moderation criticized for both sides. No clear stance.

Dylan Field silent on Gaza. Figma used by designers globally. Adobe acquisition failed. No political stance.

Melanie Perkins focused on Canva growth. Australian company less involved in US politics. Donated to refugees.

Khosla Ventures less Israel-focused than peers. Vinod Khosla critical of US foreign policy. Climate focus.

Lightspeed Israel major fund. Deep Israeli tech ecosystem investments. Unit 8200 alumni portfolio.

CrowdStrike provides endpoint security to Israeli government. George Kurtz apolitical publicly.

Palo Alto Networks serves Israeli customers. Silicon Valley security company. No political stance.

Stripe processes payments for Israeli companies. Infrastructure neutral but involved in economy.

Coinbase blocked Palestinian users in Gaza from accessing cryptocurrency funds. Brian Armstrong "mission-focused."

Netflix content moderation criticized from both sides. Reed Hastings personally quiet on geopolitics.

Wix Israeli company. Headquarters in Tel Aviv. Founders IDF veterans. No-code website builder.

Monday.com Israeli company. Leadership supported IDF operations. Tel Aviv headquarters.

Rippling serves global customers. Parker Conrad apolitical. No Israel controversy.

First Round Capital not vocally political. Traditional seed VC. Some Israeli portfolio.

Union Square Ventures Fred Wilson not vocal on Israel. NYC-based. Traditional VC approach.

Reddit has pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel subreddits. Moderation criticized from both sides. Steve Huffman neutral.

Spotify hosts content from all perspectives. Daniel Ek apolitical on geopolitics. Swedish company.

Snap moderation criticized but less political than peers. Evan Spiegel focused on product.

Discord hosts gaming communities from all regions. Some server bans controversial. Jason Citron neutral.

Cloudflare infrastructure neutral stance. Provides services globally. Matthew Prince addresses content policy.

Zoom used globally including Israel/Palestine. Eric Yuan apolitical. Video conferencing neutral.

DST Global has made significant investments in Israeli tech companies including Wix and Monday.com. Founder Yuri Milner maintains a low profile on geopolitical issues, focusing public statements on scientific philanthropy through the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. DST's Ukraine support contrasts with silence on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The firm's investment strategy prioritizes high-growth tech regardless of geography.

On December 9, 2023, Tan tweeted about protesters chanting "Intifada revolution": "This is a call for genocide, full stop. They're shouting on the streets what they're going to do now: the final solution. Not in America, not on our watch." Withdrew from Web Summit after its founder criticized Western support for Israel. Blocked a Palestinian YC founder from Gaza who tried to engage.

Visited Israel November 2023, toured Kfar Aza kibbutz with Netanyahu. Said Israel "has no choice" but to eliminate Hamas. Agreed not to provide Starlink to Gaza without Israeli approval.

Visited Israel after October 7. Met Netanyahu. Called for "deradicalization" of Palestinians. X/Twitter accused of amplifying pro-Israel content while suppressing Palestinian voices.

Accused of suppressing Palestinian content. Internal employee protests. No official company statement.

Left Meta before major Gaza controversy. But oversaw content moderation accused of anti-Palestinian bias. Lean In foundation silent on issue.

Naval Ravikant has investments in Israeli startups through AngelList, notably StarkWare in Netanya. He spoke at the Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit 2023 alongside Israeli officials. Unlike peers such as Rabois and Tan, Naval has not made public statements about the October 2023 conflict on X; his activity on the platform has been largely philosophical rather than political.

IBM technology used in Israeli population registry since 1948 (Eitan system). Still provides services to Israeli government. Historical Nazi Hollerith connection resurfaced in criticism.

Withdrew from Web Summit after founder Paddy Cosgrave criticized Western support for Israel, stating "Will refuse to work with anyone who speaks at this conference in Qatar for the rest of my career." Joined Google, Meta, Intel, Amazon, Stripe and other companies in pulling out of the event, leading to Cosgrave's resignation as CEO on October 21, 2023.

Vocal Israel supporter post-October 7. Targeted pro-Palestinian students and faculty. Doxxing of Harvard students. Aggressive Zionist advocacy.

Demanded Harvard name students who blamed Israel for Hamas attacks. Called for university presidents to resign over antisemitism testimony. Invested in Tel Aviv stock exchange.

Posted on X on October 10, 2023 that he was "Deeply saddened by the terrorist attacks in Israel" and noted Google's 2 offices and 2,000+ employees in Israel. Google.org committed $6M to emergency response and support organizations for both Israeli victims and people in Gaza. Pichai also signed a public pledge against antisemitism.

In an October 10, 2023 statement, Nadella wrote: "Heartbroken by the horrific terrorist attacks on Israel and the escalating conflict. My deepest condolences are with all those killed and impacted." Microsoft HR chief Kathleen Hogan noted the company has nearly 3,000 employees in Israel. In a subsequent Axel Springer interview, Nadella said: "There was a terrorist attack by Hamas on innocent citizens of Israel, and that has to be condemned in the strongest possible ways... there should be no ambiguity."

Called Hamas attacks "pure evil." Meta established special operations center for Israel content. Systematic censorship of Palestinian content documented by Human Rights Watch.

Intel Israel is company largest non-US site with $25B invested. Kiryat Gat fab expansion ongoing. Provides processors for Israeli defense systems.

Met with Israeli President Herzog in 2023, said Israel will have "huge role" in AI. Praised Israeli "talent density" and "relentlessness." Invested in Israeli AI startup Apex.

Booking.com began adding a "human rights and safety" warning label to listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights on September 19, 2022, but continued hosting the listings rather than removing them. Human Rights Watch and Palestinian rights group Al-Haq said the warning does not go far enough to stop the company facilitating rights abuses tied to the settlements.

Pattern of suppressing political speech extends to Hong Kong and beyond. WeChat blocked or censored accounts of Americans and Canadians discussing Hong Kong protests. Posts on subjects Chinese government wants suppressed—Hong Kong, Tibet—are "strangely missing." Tencent operates Safari safe browsing filter in China and now Hong Kong following national security law. No specific stance on Palestine but demonstrated willingness to suppress political content globally at government direction.

Airbnb previously delisted West Bank settlements. Then reversed under pressure. Brian Chesky navigated controversy.

Temasek maintains significant Israeli tech investments including $250 million acquisition of cybersecurity startup Sygnia in 2018, led a $550 million round in Israeli cybersecurity firm Orca Security, backed Team8 foundry, and operates a $150 million "Red Dot" fund focused on Israeli late-stage tech. Also invested $5 million in Tel Aviv University's Ramot technology transfer fund. These investments are business-driven with no public stance on Palestinian issues.