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We're #hiring a new Head of the Sovereign Tech Fund! 🚀

The #SovereignTechFund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical #opensource infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS powering the web—to strengthen #digitalsovereignty. 1/3
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Wir sehen uns auf der #FrOSCon!

Sa, 16.8., 14:30 Uhr – Inside the #SovereignTechFellowship mit Sarah Hoffmann (@openstreetmap.bsky.social‬, Nominatim), Stefan Eissing (curl, httpd) & Mirko Swillus (Sovereign Tech Agency).

Sie sprechen zusammen über Arbeit & Alltag als Open-Source-Maintainer*in 1/3
FrOSCon 2025
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for FrOSCon 2025
programm.froscon.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Today at 17:30 for the Bits & Bäume Policy Lab, @kattascha.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @alexandrageese.bsky.social & Sovereign Tech Agency CEO Adriana Groh are discussing how to build resilient digital infrastructure — as the economy, society, and technology are inextricably linked. 1/2
Stream - Policy Lab
📅 6. März 17:30 Uhr – Bits & Bäume Diskussionsabend zu resilienten digitalen Infrastrukturen.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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What can Open Source do for Europe?

Open source is the basis for Europe’s critical digital infrastructure, from public services to cybersecurity. To keep it reliable and secure, we need sustainable support and long-term investments.
January 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Last autumn in Berlin, we celebrated the launch of our research report, Bug Bounties and FOSS, under the Sovereign Tech Resilience program. Now, we’re excited to share the keynote and panel videos, the German report, and a new job opening for the program!
January 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Do you love FOSS and want to work to support public digital infrastructure? Come work with us! We're looking to strengthen the team through a couple of really interesting positions! Check them out below, and share this with your networks. #FOSSJobs #Hiring
We’re looking for new people to join our team and strengthen digital infrastructure in the public interest! If you know people who might be interested, please share these jobs with them! We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Reminder 🔔 We’re hosting a devroom at @FOSDEM 2025! The "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies, encourages funders to better understand and support developer needs in FOSS projects.
November 28, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Today, the Sovereign Tech Fund turns two years old. Since our first anniversary, so much has happened: new programs, more investments, and even more ways to strengthen the digital infrastructure and software that we all rely on.
We would like to thank SPRIND, @bmwk.de ...
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October 18, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Hope to see you there!
How effective are bug bounties in making open source critical infrastructure safer? Join us on the evening of 30 Sep 2024 in Berlin for the presentation of Dr. Ryan Ellis’ research, a keynote by Sabine Grützmacher (MdB), and an expert panel, exploring FOSS, security, and the public interest. 1/3
September 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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How effective are bug bounties in making open source critical infrastructure safer? Join us on the evening of 30 Sep 2024 in Berlin for the presentation of Dr. Ryan Ellis’ research, a keynote by Sabine Grützmacher (MdB), and an expert panel, exploring FOSS, security, and the public interest. 1/3
September 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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With five new software projects on the YesWeHack platform, for a total of seven, there’s a lot of code to look at. Find and report potential vulnerabilities responsibly, in exchange for a bug bounty. 2/2
August 7, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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We’re calling on security researchers to help enhance the resilience of open digital infrastructure. Participate in the bug & fix bounties of seven critical software projects. 1/2 www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/calling...
Calling All Security Researchers: Help Make Our Digital…
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August 7, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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STF technologist @tarakiyee.bsky.social will be speaking about memory safety and our Bug Resilience Program's approach to vulnerability management in open digital infrastructure this week with the Charter Of Trust in Braunschweig, Germany, hosted by Siemens Mobility: www.linkedin.com/events/3rdch...
3rd Charter of Trust Meetup Braunschweig together with ASRG | LinkedIn
We will meet for the 3rd time to listen to Cybersecurity related talks and afterwards discuss the topics in a relaxed atmosphere. 🗓️ 7th of August 2024, 06:00 PM 📍 Siemens Mobility GmbH, Ackerstraße ...
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August 6, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Who gives a damn about a Github reputation? We should: Reputation Farming and how it can harm OSS tarakiyee.com/faking-git-t...
Faking Git Till You Make It: Open Source Maintainers Beware of Reputation Farming
This post was prompted by a discussion on the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Slack channel that was so interesting it warranted being posted to the SIREN mailing list. But this isn&#8217…
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June 25, 2024 at 4:55 PM
If you haven't been aware of the recent discussion about the Open Source AI definition, in this post I try to to share some initial links and give my take. Warning: there's an angry rant about "AI" in general at the beginning, feel free to skip.

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What on Earth is Open Source AI?
I want to talk about a recent conversation on the Open Source AI definition, but before that I want to do an acknowledgement. My position on the uptake of “AI” is that it is morally unc…
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June 15, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Do you maintain a critical Open Source component and wondering how a Bug Bounty Program might add value to your project and what the effort level might be? Feel free to reach out and I'll happily answer any questions you might have about our OSS friendly approach to bug bounties! bugresilience.de
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June 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Beim @sovereigntechfund.de kommunizieren wir mit verschiedenen Stakeholdern über die Wichtigkeit offener digitaler Infrastrukturen. Wenn das nach einem interessanten Job für dich klingt, dann mach mit in unserem Kommunikationsteam!

www.sovereigntechfund.de/de/stellenan...
Job: Kommunikations-Manager*in (m/w/d/x) | Sovereign Tech Fund
www.sovereigntechfund.de
June 11, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Was Munich city's Linux phase really that bad? The Open Source Observatory released a case study that tells the whole story, and I wrote a blogpost about how it applies to Open Source in Public Administration efforts today: tarakiyee.com/lets-talk-ab...
Let’s Talk About Open Source in Munich (and Everywhere Else)
When news broke about Schleswig-Holstein’s move to replace Microsoft Office with LibreOffice, it felt like a breath of fresh air. It wasn’t just the fact that they’re switching to open …
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June 3, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Do you want a bug bounty program for your critical open source library but it's too expensive or you don't have the time to deal with reports? You can sign up for our Bug Reslience Program for help with both! Check out the Bug Resilience Program, we're open now for applications!
The #BugResilienceProgram enhances the resilience of critical, free & open source software infrastructure against vulnerabilities. We’re now accepting applications on an ongoing basis to participate & take advantage of services offered through the BRP.
www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/join-bu...
Join the Bug Resilience Program and get support for vulnerability…
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May 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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April 2, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Come work with us at @sovereigntechfund.de for a unique job opportunity. As the BRP Manager, you'll spearhead our efforts to enhance bug resilience in FOSS projects to make a meaningful impact in open source critical infrastructure.

Apply now at www.sovereigntechfund.de/jobs/bug-res...
Job: Bug Resilience Program Manager (all genders) | Sovereign Tech…
The Sovereign Tech Fund is looking for an experienced program manager to establish and further develop the Bug Resilience Program.
www.sovereigntechfund.de
March 4, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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Let's make this crystal clear: If you think you are anonymous because you
- used a throwaway number for Signal
- picked a completely random username for Wire/Matrix
- were given a random username with Threema/Session

YOU ARE NOT! You can be identified by the push tokens.
December 7, 2023 at 9:48 AM
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November 5, 2023 at 7:30 AM
Extremely stoked to share today's STF announcement about investing in the memory safe network time protocol implementation project Pendulum. They do such important work and we're very happy to support it. The team has been working hard and we have more exciting investments coming up, stay tuned!
Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Pendulum - Blog - Tweede golf
Sovereign Tech Fund will support our effort to build modern and memory-safe implementations of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and the Precision Time Protocol (PTP).
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August 10, 2023 at 5:31 PM
I believe as a society we need to go back to actually setting things in stone.
July 24, 2023 at 10:07 PM