Vaniya Agrawal, an indication infamous for impairing Microsoft events in protest against the contractam of the technology giant with the Israeli government, again interrupted the proceedings at the Microsoft Build 2025 conference in Seattle. Another former Hossam Nasr employee joined her as she continued her demonstration.
Significant AI security sessions were suddenly interrupted on the third day of the conference during the main lecture led by Neta Haiba, head of AI Security Microsoft and Sarah Bird, head of responsible AI. Agrawal and Nasr entered the venue and loudly accused society of participating in the ongoing Gaza War and demanded that Microsoft would interrupt their ties with the Israeli army.
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The protest meant the third consecutive day of disruption to Build 2025. On 19 May 18, 18 Microsoft employees interrupted the CEO of Satya Nadella and criticized the company’s relationship with Israel. The following day, the Palestinian technology professional disrupted the meeting led by Jay Parikh, the executive vice -president of Microsoft Coreai, and called on the company to “reduce the ties” with Israel during his presentation.
Not her first protest
This last disturbance is not the first time Vaniya Agrawal protested at the Microsoft event.
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Confrontation at Microsoft headquarters
In April Agrawal – the then engineer in the AI division of Microsoft – faced current and former CEOs of Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates at his headquarters in Washington. She accused them of using Microsoft technology to support what she described as “genocide in the Gaza Strip”.
After the confrontation of Agrawal, he submitted a strongly formulated resignation letter, the announcement of its last day will be 11 April, just a few days after the incident. In her letter, she wrote that she could no longer work for a company that, in her opinion, agreed with the oppressors rather than standing in solidarity with the oppressed.
Agrawal also criticized Microsoft reported contract with the Ministry of Defense of $ 133 million and claimed that the AI and Azure Cloud Services directly allow military actions against Palestinians.
“Microsoft Cloud and AI are making the Israeli army more fatal and destructive in Gaza,” she wrote shortly after the CEO on stage in an e-mail throughout the company.
Agrawal joined Microsoft in September 2023 after more than three years in Amazon and worked in the AI division.
After the April protest, Microsoft rejected two employees – including Agrawal – who disrupted the 50th anniversary of the company. Society has described its actions as “hostile, unconvincing and very inappropriate”.
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