Tell Tech Leaders: No Tech for War Criminals

Last month, two years into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Guillermo Rauch, founder of Vercel, an AI company in a huge growth period, posted a selfie with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a man wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.¹

Rauch stated that he “enjoyed his discussion with PM Netanyahu on how AI education and literacy will keep our free societies ahead.”²

Over 33 million people have viewed Rauch’s September post on X. The online backlash has been harsh, but people can do more than comment on an X thread.

We can tell tech leaders scheduled to speak at Vercel’s Ship AI, a summit for advancing AI, and Next.js, a conference for developers and builders, to CANCEL.

By speaking at these two high-profile Vercel events (this week, on October 22 and 23), tech leaders will be tacitly endorsing a man and, by extension, a company that sees no problem supporting an accused war criminal.

AI has been a critical feature of Israel’s targeting and bombing in Gaza, allowing it to accelerate the creation of kill lists and launch airstrikes with minimal human oversight.³

The AI-powered war on Gaza has destroyed an estimated 80% of Gaza’s structures⁴ and killed or injured more than 10% of Gaza’s population in the last two years.⁵

Invited speakers to Vercel events should decline to participate.
Take action now and tell them to cancel.

Sources:

  1. “War crimes court issues warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister,” PBS News, Nov. 21, 2024.

  2. Guillermo Rauch’s post, X, Sept. 29, 2025.

  3. “How Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war, use in Gaza,” The Washington Post, Dec. 29, 2024.

  4. “Satellite images reveal extent of destruction in the Gaza Strip,” NBC NEWS, Oct. 7, 2025.

  5. “Two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: By the numbers,” Al Jazeera, Oct. 7, 2025.

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