Bill Gates came to attend the AI ​​Summit and was interrupted on the spot, why did he suddenly take such a big decision?

Bill Gates Withdraws from AI Summit 2026: Bill Gates, co-founder of American tech company Microsoft, will not address the ongoing AI Summit in New Delhi. Gates Foundation has given this information through social media post. The Foundation said that this decision has been taken after much deliberation so that the Summit remains fully focused on its priorities.

The Foundation said that Ankur Vora will now represent the Foundation in place of Bill Gates at the summit. Ankur Vora is President of the Africa and India offices of the Gates Foundation. He will present his views in a session of the summit today. Ankur Vora has been watching the work of the Foundation for a long time.

Why did Bill Gates step back?

Let us tell you that the reason behind Bill Gates’ withdrawal from the summit is his name appearing in the documents related to American criminal Jeffrey Epstein. These secret documents have been released recently. Epstein was accused of serious sex crimes and trafficking of minors. After his suicide in 2019, many classified documents related to him were made public. It has been claimed in these files that there was a deep relationship between Epstein and Gates. Epstein helped Gates have extra-marital affairs and other personal activities.

Bill Gates has expressed regret over these meetings in an interview. He said that I regret any time I spent with Epstein and I apologize for it.

NVIDIA CEO’s visit to India canceled

Veterans like Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Open-AI’s Sam Altman are participating in the India AI Impact Summit. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was also scheduled to attend, but he has canceled the event. There were speculations that the reason for his departure could be the presence of Bill Gates. Although the company has not given any official reason.

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PM Modi had inaugurated

On February 16, PM Modi inaugurated one of the world’s largest technology events ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026‘ Was inaugurated. After this, he visited the pavilions of the startups participating in the event and got information about their innovations. This event will run till 21st February at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Along with the summit, ‘India AI Impact Expo 2026’ has also been organised. Here companies from all over the world have presented their latest AI solutions to the world.