Sovereign Tech Agency
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Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies. https://www.sovereign.tech
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Hello, World! We’re now the 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 1/2
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Danke an die @heise.de Redaktion für das Portrait in der c’t-Sonderausgabe zu Digitaler Souveränität! 🙌

Wir freuen uns über den Zuspruch und arbeiten weiter daran, unsere Programme zu skalieren und das Open-Source-Ökosystem als Fundament des 21. Jahrhunderts zu stärken.
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In der digitalen Infrastruktur steckt überall Open Source, gepflegt von zahllosen Projekten. Doch deren Finanzierung bleibt oft eine Herausforderung.

Seit 2022 schließen wir mit dem Sovereign Tech Fund eine wichtige Lücke.

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aufgeschlagenes Magazin mit dem Bericht zur Sovereign Tech Agency
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We look forward to working with you!
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Schon gesehen? Wir haben kürzlich ein neues Interview mit Sovereign Tech Fellow Jan Kowalleck veröffentlicht.

🗞️ Mehr zu Jans Werdegang im Interview: www.sovereign.tech/de/neuigkeit...

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Sovereign Tech Fellow Jan Kowalleck, auf der FOSS Backstage 2025, einen Aufkleber des Sovereign Tech Fund in die Kamera haltend
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In case you missed it: We shortly released a new interview featuring our Sovereign Tech Fellow Jan Kowalleck.

🗞️ More about his journey in the interview: www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-ja...

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Sovereign Tech Fellow Jan Kowalleck at FOSS Backstage 2025, holding a Sovereign Tech Fund sticker into the camera
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Future is now: time to secure our digital commons with independent, resilient & open technologies — serving the strategic goals of the EU and its Member States.
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Since 2022, we’ve championed lean, targeted investments to strengthen the open source ecosystem, powering innovation, competition & sovereignty.
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Sharing our expertise in Brussels 🇪🇺

✨ Investing in the infrastructure of the 21st century ✨ is gaining momentum.

Today, Adriana Groh represents the Sovereign Tech Agency at the Permanent Representations of EU Member States, introducing the new EU-STF study launched by @openforumeurope.org
Screen in a modern office, showing an EU Flag and the headline "Investing in the EU Sovereign Tech Fund"
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as Head of the #SovereignTechFund... and will be on the advisory panel alongside experts from ICANN and @linuxfoundation.org.

The Nominet DNS Fund is real recognition of the risks when critical DNS projects are underfunded. Congratulations on the launch of this program! 3/4
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The Sovereign Tech Agency has been at the forefront of developing funding models and other programs for the open source ecosystem, and we’re always glad to help other organizations benefit from the lessons we’ve learned.
Our colleague Mirko Swillus has been offering his expertise... 2/4
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We’re happy to have advised Nominet in bringing their new DNS Fund to life, which launched today. It takes collaboration to support the open infrastructure that keeps us all online! 🌐

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#OpenSource #DNS #DigitalInfrastructure
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The Nominet DNS Fund (Fund) has been set up as part of Nominet’s work to support the Internet Community. To improve DNS open source projects.
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Open Source in der Praxis – innovativ, compliant, ökonomisch

Am Donnerstag beim Bitkom Forum Open Source 2025:
Keynote Adriana Groh – „Investitionen in die Infrastruktur des 21. Jh.“
🕙 10:00 Uhr, Parksaal

Opening Panel zum Thema Open Source und digitale Souveränität.
🕙 10:25 Uhr, Parksaal
Veranstaltungsbanner Forum Open Source 18. September 2025, Opening Keynote von Adriana Groh, CEO und Co-Founder der Sovereign Tech Agency Veranstaltungsbanner mit Portraits der Panel Teilnehmer*innen: Forum Open Source 18. September 2025, Opening Panel: Open Source und digitale Souveränität
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Our mission to sustain this ecosystem protects Germany's and Europe's digital sovereignty, capacity for innovation, and economic competitiveness today and in the future.

Listen to the podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTrF...

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Digital infrastructure emerges from an open source ecosystem that makes it possible to reuse, quickly distribute, and maintain digital technologies.

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"The things that you don’t see of the Internet are all open source... If we take open source as the guiding star – and the same applies to AI models – I think we can create a European ecosystem that is healthy and will create very healthy businesses but no monopolies.”

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Rafael Laguna de la Vera has always been a great advocate for the Sovereign Tech Agency’s mission. In the latest podcast episode on Innovate Europe with Clark Parson, he explains why open source is the most successful strategy to develop software and is foundational for open infrastructure:

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Open-Source-Maintainer Jan Kowalleck begann seine Mitarbeit bei OWASP CycloneDX, mit einem kleinen Bug-Fix. Dieser Schritt löste eine Reise aus, die ihn schließlich zum Projekt-Co-Leiter, Mentor für neue Contributors und Mitgestalter eines internationalen Standards für Software-Transparenz machte.
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We’re thrilled to share another interview in our in-depth series featuring the inaugural cohort of the #SovereignTechFellowship

➡️ www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-ja...

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Open source maintainer Jan Kowalleck first got involved with OWASP CycloneDX by fixing a single bug. That small step sparked a journey that would see him become Project Co-Lead, mentor new contributors, and help shape an international standard for software transparency.
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Der Bericht zeigt: Open Source ist ein Hebel für digitale Souveränität – das deutsche Modell gilt als Erfolgsmodell.

Mehr lesen 👉 www.linuxfoundation.org/research/wor...
Open Source as Europe’s Strategic Advantage
Open Source as Europe’s Strategic Advantage
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„Wir stärken die digitale Infrastruktur, die unsere Demokratien und Volkswirtschaften trägt – wir finanzieren sie, wir pflegen sie, wir machen sie widerstandsfähig, wir halten sie offen und wir respektieren die Freiheit der Nutzer*innen.“
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Paloma Oliveira, Technologist und Ökosystem Expertin in unserem Team wird im neuesten Bericht der @The Linux Foundation zu den Trends rund um Open Source in Europa zitiert: