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Read article: Newsletter: UN Open Source Week, Rosenpass Investment, Job Opening & more
Email newsletter on 03 July 2025: Sharing reflections from UN Open Source Week in June, where we convened a delegation of open source experts and emphasized the essential role of open technologies—and our shared responsibility to support them. Learn about our investment in Rosenpass, the recently disclosed OpenPGP.js vulnerability, a new job opportunity on our team, and the events we’ve hosted or attended over the past few weeks.
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Read article: Maintaining the Future at UN Open Source Week
In June 2025, the Sovereign Tech Agency took part in UN Open Source Week in New York City. We convened a delegation of open source experts to bring hands-on experience into global conversations around digital cooperation and public infrastructure. Across multiple sessions, we highlighted the essential role of open technologies and the responsibility that institutions share for supporting them.
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Read article: A delegation of experts for UN Open Source Week
As part of United Nations Open Source Week, we’re convening a delegation of 12 open source experts whose work sustains the digital infrastructure we all rely on. Their presence brings critical, hands-on experience into international conversations on digital public goods, security, and innovation.
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Read article: We’re hosting the Maintain-a-thon at UN Open Source Week
As part of the 2025 UN Open Source Week, the Sovereign Tech Agency and Alpha Omega are hosting a special hackathon: the maintain-a-thon. It convenes key open source experts and maintainers from around the world and highlights the importance of sustainability and long-term stewardship in open source digital infrastructure.
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Read article: AI Sovereignty Starts with Open Infrastructure
The AI Action Summit in Paris highlighted Europe's commitment to trusted and sovereign AI. The Sovereign Tech Agency emphasized that true technological sovereignty requires significant investment in open digital infrastructure—critical yet often overlooked—ensuring AI remains accessible, competitive, and not dominated by a few powerful players.
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Fellowship
Read article: Meet the Sovereign Tech Fellows
Jan, Sarah, Hugo, Matthias, Stefan, and Denis are the first cohort of the Sovereign Tech Fellowship. Let’s welcome the six maintainers in the Sovereign Tech Agency’s one-year pilot program to support critical digital infrastructure and the people who work on it.
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Research
Read article: Measuring the impact of our investments: Introducing a co-authored paper
A toolkit for measuring the impact of public investments for open source software development: Practical learnings and reflections from the field
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Read article: Meet the Sovereign Tech Agency
The Sovereign Tech Agency is the new home for the Sovereign Tech Fund, all our programs, and our growing team as well. We’d like to introduce the people behind the Sovereign Tech Agency.
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Read article: The Sovereign Tech Fund: part of the new Sovereign Tech Agency
It’s been two years since the Sovereign Tech Fund began investing in open technologies in the public interest, and our mission has grown to be more than the “fund” in our name. The new Sovereign Tech Agency anchors digital infrastructure on the agenda and is a home for the Sovereign Tech Fund and our other programs that strengthen the open source ecosystem.