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April 12, 2024

CogX: Leading UK tech event owes ‘tens of thousands’ to suppliers

CogX says it's committed to paying the suppliers and working tirelessly to bring in revenues to pay them

Last year at CogX, one of the UK’s largest tech conferences, speakers from Stephen Fry to Stephen Bartlett and Robert Downey Jr to Queen Rania of Jordan, took to the stage at London’s O2 Arena. It was targeting 90,000 attendees. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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