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The UK organisation for the business of open tech - engaging community to create a cohesive voice, impacting law and policy, whilst building open tech skills.
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OpenUK @openuk.bsky.social · 17d
We’ve been working hard with the UK public sector at OpenUK, looking not just at funding of open source software but at the overall landscape needed as a user and funder of sustainable software through open source. Read the blog post here openuk.uk/theuksfuture...
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Join us in Bangalore on 18 Nov as CEO @amandabrock.bsky.social launches our new AI Openness report at @civonavigate.bsky.social India. www.civo.com/navigate/ind...
#opensource #opensourceindia #AIIndia #opensourceai #civonavigate #civonavigateindia #fossunited #openuk
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Read the OpenUK November Newsletter for the latest updates and insights into the UK's open tech conversation. Read the OpenUK November Newsletter here mailchi.mp/openuk/12022... Don't miss out in future, subscribe to our fortnightly Newsletter here: eepurl.com/hj3kd5
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November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🔥✨🤩🫣⬇️ Want to get more involved in OpenUK and become a part of the team? openuk.uk/ambassadors/
#opensource #opendata #openhardware #opensourcesoftware #openuk #ambassador
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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An Official AI Impact Summit pre-26 event, on the road to the AI Impact Summit, our OpenUK Impact Summit dinner in London last night brought together the Summit organiser and open tech communities. Report to follow next week. openuk.uk/indianaisummit impact.indiaai.gov.in

#IndiaAIImpactSummit2025
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Delighted to host OpenUK roundtable dinner as Official AI Impact Pre-Summit Event on the road to AI Impact Summit 2026, discussing AI Openness: Impact, Access and Innovation with Abhishek Singh of MeitY, Dame Chi Onwurah MP and Lord Chris Holmes, along with a group of leaders across AI #AIforIndia
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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OpenUK Research Director Dr Jennifer Barth will be sharing our groundbreaking work in assessing the value of open source at the Open Forum Academy in Rio De Janeiro this November. Our work takes into account the values as well as the value of open source software. symposium.openforumeurope.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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FT’s Future of AI Summit’s incredible line-up tomorrow, “AI’s open source moment” panel with @nscale.com's @nick.sausage.social, Tony Blair Institute’s Dr Laura Gilbert, and OpenUK CEO, @amandabrock.bsky.social, moderated by @tim.fo, @financialtimes.com Global Tech Correspondent ai.live.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Thanks to our Judges and sponsors, without whom our Awards would not be going strong in their 6th year 🏆 Thanks to Judges, Liz Rice, Lisa Allen, and Nicolas Vibert 🙏 and sponsors Arm, AutoGPT, ControlPlane, CyberArk, Iain G. Mitchell KC, lowRISC, Open Data Institute, and Red Badger 🍾 #openukawards
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Governance Category sponsored by Iain G. Mitchell KC Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: Dr Margaret Hartnett, and Sonia Cooper 🍾🥂🏆

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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Security Category sponsored by @controlplane.io, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: lowRISC CIC, Linux Vendor Firmware Service (fwupd.org), and Rustls (github.com/rustls/rustls) 🍾🥂🏆

#openukawards #opensource #cybersecurity
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25 AI Category sponsored by @agpt.co, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: Godfrey Inyama, @flox.dev, and Dr. Ravinder Singh 🍾🥂🏆

#openukawards #opensource #opensourceAI #AI
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Community Category sponsored by Arm, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: Andy Piper, @universalviewer.io (universalviewer.io), and Daniel Gale 🍾🥂🏆

#openukawards #opensource #community
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25, Young Person Category sponsored by CyberArk, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: @coderoflagos.bsky.social, and Sourish Sharma 🍾🥂🏆

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November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Individual Category Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: @davidtw.co, Richard Purdie, and @jbp.io 🍾🥂🏆

#openukawards #opensource #leadership
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Open Data Category sponsored by Open Data Institute, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: Ministry of Justice UK Splink Team (@robinlinacre.bsky.social), OpenActive, and UK Power Networks (Yiu-Shing Pang) 🍾🥂🏆

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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Open Hardware Category, sponsored by lowRISC CIC, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: Dermoscopea, lowRISC CIC, and @manyfold.3dp.chat.ap.brid.gy (manyfold.app) 🍾🥂🏆

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November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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OpenUK Awards 25 Open Source Software Category sponsored by Red Badger, Shortlist is live, congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: @bboreham.bsky.social, Rustls github.com/rustls/rustls (@jbp.io), and Jan Faracik 🍾🥂🏆

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November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees in the 6th annual OpenUK Awards 2026, 🏆🍾🥂 Andy Piper, @bboreham.bsky.social, Daniel Gale, @davidtw.co, Dermoscopea, @flox.dev, Godfrey Inyama, Jan Faracik, @jbp.io, LVFS (fwupd.org), lowRISC CIC, Dr Margaret Hartnett, @manyfold.3dp.chat.ap.brid.gy,...
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We’ve been working hard with the UK public sector at OpenUK, looking not just at funding of open source software but at the overall landscape needed as a user and funder of sustainable software through open source. Read the blog post here openuk.uk/theuksfuture...
#opensource #openuk
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Read the OpenUK October Newsletter features updates on Roundtable at the Parliament, OpenUK Blogs, India AI Impact Summit 2026, CERN Keynote, Meetup and, as usual, the press we were featured in, the events we will be at and events of interest. mailchi.mp/openuk/12022...

#openuk #opensource
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Standard Essential Patents, even FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory), are in friction with open source as the OpenUK Legal Group explains in their response to the recent IPO Consultation. openuk.uk/ipo-sep-cons...

#patents #opensource #openinventionnetwork #IPO
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Join the OpenUK London Meetup digitally tonight to discuss AI with the group led by Tibor Ormosi, facilitating a fantastic, hybrid unconference on AI! Join the meetup here www.meetup.com/openuk/event...
#opensource #AI #opensourcesoftware #opensourceai #openuk #meetuplondon
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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This is what Tobias Augspurger of the State of Open Con Advisory Board has to say about why he's saving 3/4 February 2026, to join the UK's open technology conference stateofopencon.com #soocon26 #opensource #openuk #AI #opensourceai #opendata #openhardware #openstandards
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Join us for the last meetup of the year on 10th November, with Peter Gallagher, Hannah Clutton, and Ruby Dickinson, and a book signing by Sarah Hsu! Join here: www.meetup.com/openuk/event...
#opensource #AI #opensourcesoftware #opensourceai #openuk #meetuplondon
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Sweat equity's at the heart of Sourish Sharma's first start-up, so how has he found time to join the State of Open Con Advisory Board by OpenUK? Save the dates, 3/4 February 2026, to join the UK's open technology conference and hear more from Sourish stateofopencon.com #soocon26 #opensource #openuk
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM