Sundar Pichai Delivers Stanford Commencement as Students Walk Out Over Project Nimbus

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Over 100 students walked out chanting ‘Free Palestine’ to protest Google’s Project Nimbus during Pichai’s Stanford commencement address; he didn’t directly address the walkout.

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More than 100 students walked out of Stanford Stadium while Google CEO Sundar Pichai was delivering the commencement address, chanting "Free, free Palestine" to protest Project Nimbus, the cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) deal linking Google and Amazon with the Israeli government. The walkout turned a graduation into a live test of how tech CEOs handle ethical scrutiny and reputational pressure in public settings. For investors in Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN), it underscores that major cloud contracts are not just revenue streams, they are political flashpoints that can affect hiring, partnerships, and regulatory attention.