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Sovereign Tech Agency

Sovereign Tech Agency

Technology, Information and Internet

Strengthening Digital Infrastructure and Open Source Ecosystems in the Public Interest

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The Sovereign Tech Agency supports the development, improvement and maintenance of open digital infrastructure. Our goal is to sustainably strengthen the open source ecosystem. We focus on security, resilience, technological diversity, and the people behind the code.We often don't notice how much our lives depend on digital infrastructure until it stops working. But making it available, accessible and secure is key for digitalization in the public interest.The Sovereign Tech Agency invests in open digital infrastructure. We understand open digital infrastructure to be foundational technologies that enable other software to be created. These trusted components, for instance libraries and standards, are openly accessible and free to use. As a result, open digital infrastructure is critical for innovation and competitiveness, and forms the foundation for digitalization across sectors.The open source ecosystem, while incredibly successful, is also increasingly fragile. Many more people are using the software than contributing to it. It is time to invest in digital commons, volunteer communities and the open source ecosystem to build the digital world we want to see. We are working to strengthen the self-determined use and design of digital technologies and systems — by individuals, industry, and governments. We believe openness, co-creation, interdependency and interoperability will lead to digital sovereignty.Visit https://www.sovereign.tech to learn more.

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Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Berlin-Mitte
Type
Government Agency
Founded
2022

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  • “In der digitalen Infrastruktur steckt allerorts Open-Source-Software aus unzähligen Projekten. An der Finanzierung, die deren kontinuierliche Pflege und Weiterentwicklung sicherstellt, hapert es häufig. Seit Herbst 2022 verkleinert die Bundesrepublik diese Lücke, zunächst mit dem Sovereign Tech Fund, …(für den eigens die Sovereign Tech Agency gegründet wurde).”Wir bedanken uns bei derheise Redaktion für das tolle Unternehmensportrait in der Sonderausgabe des c’t Magazins zum Thema Digitale Souveränität.Wir freuen uns über den Zuspruch und die Einschätzungen der Expert*innen. Wir arbeiten kontinuierlich daran, unsere Programme zu skalieren und das Open-Source-Ökosystem als Fundament der digitalen Infrastruktur des 21. Jahrhundert bestmöglich zu unterstützen.

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  • Schon gesehen? Wir haben kürzlich ein neues Interview mit Sovereign Tech FellowJan Kowalleck veröffentlicht.Für Jan begann alles mit einem kleinen Bugfix beim OWASP CycloneDX Projekt. Daraus wurde schnell mehr: Er stieg zum Project Co-Lead auf, betreute neue Mitwirkende und half mit, den internationalen Standard für Software-Transparenz zu prägen.🗞️ Mehr zu seinem Werdegang im Interview:https://lnkd.in/e_u9T99Z#MaintainerSpotlight

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  • In case you missed it: We shortly released a new interview featuring our Sovereign Tech FellowJan Kowalleck.Jan first got involved withOWASP CycloneDX SBOM/xBOM Standard 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.🗞️ More about his journey in the interview:https://lnkd.in/eb49dW3P#MaintainerSpotlight

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  • Sharing our expertise in Brussels 🇪🇺Support for our mission ✨𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺✨ is gaining more and more momentum: Today,Adriana Groh is representing the Sovereign Tech Agency at the Permanent Representations of the EU Member States in Brussels, introducing the new EU Sovereign Tech Fund study launched byOpenForum Europe.Since 2022, we have championed lean and targeted investments as a way to strengthen the open source ecosystem - driving innovation, competition, and sovereignty. Drawing on our close engagement with technical communities, Adriana will advise:➡️ How the proposed EU-STF can build on the experience of the Sovereign Tech Agency➡️ Which lessons learned should be scaled up first across Europe➡️ Long-term strategy for political and economic success at EU-levelFuture is now: It’s time to secure our digital commons through independent, resilient and open technologies. By aligning with the strategic goals of the EU and its Member States, we can ensure Europe’s digital sovereignty and build the resilient infrastructure our societies depend on every day.

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  • Open Source in der Sportstadt Erfurt: Zum Auftakt des 11.Bitkom Forum Open Source stellte Thüringens Staatssekretär für Inneres, Norman Müller, klar, dass Digitale Souveränität kein Sprint, sondern ein Marathon ist.In ihrer Opening Keynote betonteAdriana Groh, “Wir haben den Sovereign Tech Fund genau zur richtigen Zeit initiiert – zu deutlich hatten multiple Krisen unsere digitalen Abhängigkeiten offengelegt. So wie wir Bildung, Gesundheit und physische Infrastruktur als Basis unserer Demokratie betrachten, müssen wir auch digitale Infrastruktur als öffentliches Gut verstehen und pflegen. Mit dem Sovereign Tech Fund investieren wir in die Technologien, von denen wir abhängig sind.”Im Opening Panel zum Thema “Open Source und digitale Souveränität” waren sich alle Teilnehmer*innen einig: Open Source ist eine Methode zur Zusammenarbeit: Nur wenn Gesellschaft, Communities und Wirtschaft zusammenwirken, gelingt eine selbstbestimmte digitale Zukunft.Felix Reda machte in seinem Vortrag klar: Der blinde Fleck bleibt unsere digitale Infrastruktur. Genau deshalb gilt die Sovereign Tech Agency weltweit als Erfolgsmodell – und als Blueprint, den es zu skalieren gilt, vor allem auf EU-Ebene.Auch beim allgegenwärtigen Thema KI-Entwicklung wurde deutlich: Unsere digitale Infrastruktur wird in den kommenden Jahren zum Problem, wenn wir sie nicht sichern und ausbauen. Der Bedarf, gerade durch KI, wird weiter wachsen. Innovation und Maintenance, zwei Seiten einer Medaille!Wir bedanken uns für den schönen Tag und freuen uns bereits auf nächstes Jahr!#bfoss25

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  • Open source in Erfurt, the city of sports: At the start of the 11thBitkom Forum Open Source, Thuringia's State Secretary for the Interior, Norman Müller made it clear that digital sovereignty is not a sprint, but a marathon.In her opening keynote,Adriana Groh emphasized, “We launched the Sovereign Tech Fund at exactly the right time, multiple crises had exposed our digital dependencies all too clearly. Just as we consider education, health, and physical infrastructure to be fundamental for our democracy, we also need to understand and maintain digital infrastructure as a public good. With the Sovereign Tech Fund, we invest in the technologies on which we depend.”In the opening panel “Open source and digital sovereignty”, there was broad agreement that open source is a way to cooperate: only when society, technical communities, and industry work together is it possible to build a digital future based on autonomy and self-determination.Felix Reda made it clear in his talk: our digital infrastructure continues to be a blind spot. This is precisely why the Sovereign Tech Agency is considered a model of success worldwide – and a blueprint that needs to be scaled up, especially at the EU level.The discussions around the ever-present topic of AI development made one thing clear: our digital infrastructure will become a serious challenge in the coming years if we do not secure and expand it. The demand, especially driven by AI, will continue to grow. Innovation and maintenance – two sides of the same coin!Many thanks for a great day, and we are already looking forward to next year!#bfoss25

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  • We’re happy to have advisedNominet in bringing their new DNS Fund to life, which launched today. It takes collaboration to support the open infrastructure that keeps us all online! 🌐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 colleagueMirko Swillus has been offering his expertise as Head of the#SovereignTechFund and will be on the advisory panel alongside experts fromICANN andThe Linux Foundation.The Nominet DNS Fund is real recognition of the risks when critical DNS projects are underfunded. Congratulations on the launch of this program!Applications close October 26, 2025: https://lnkd.in/eCBV83eb#OpenSource#DNS#DigitalInfrastructure

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    We’re proud to launch the Nominet DNS Fund, to support the open source technologies that keep the internet stable and secure.The Domain Name System is foundational to everything we do online - every time you scroll through your phone, send an email, or visit a website, you’re relying on open source software. Yet much of it depends on the unpaid work of a small group of developers maintaining this technology. We want to provide financial support to these projects and the people behind them.Find out more:https://hubs.la/Q03JJL2n0

  • Unter dem Motto „Open Source in der Praxis – innovativ, compliant, ökonomisch“ lädt dasBitkom Forum Open Source 2025 am Donnerstag dazu ein, in die Zukunft offener Technologien einzutauchen.Wir setzen gleich mehrere Impulse:Adriana Groh eröffnet die Veranstaltung inhaltlich mit einer Keynote zum Thema “Investitionen in die Infrastruktur des 21. Jahrhunderts”🕙 10:00 Uhr📍 ParksaalIm Anschluss geht es weiter mit dem Opening Panel zusammen mitFrank Karlitschek (Nextcloud),Christian Knebel (publicplan GmbH) undMaximilian Bettzuege (Microsoft) zum Thema Open Source und digitale Souveränität.🕙 10:25 Uhr📍 Parksaal➡️ https://lnkd.in/d5djp_99Mit dem Sovereign Tech Fund investieren wir gezielt in offene Softwarekomponenten, deren Sicherheit, Verfügbarkeit und Nachnutzbarkeit direkt zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Innovationskraft in Deutschland und Europa beitragen. So stärken wir die digitale Infrastruktur, die unsere Demokratien und Volkswirtschaften untermauern.Mehr dazu vor Ort, wir freuen uns!

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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 withClark Parsons (Innovate Europe Foundation (IE.F)) he explains why open source is the most successful strategy to develop software and is foundational for open infrastructure:"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.”Digital infrastructure emerges from an open source ecosystem that makes it possible to reuse, quickly distribute, and maintain digital technologies.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:https://lnkd.in/gcpe5KUn

    💡"If we take open source as the guiding star [...] I think we can create a very European ecosystem that is very healthy and will create very healthy business - but no monopolies"Listen toRafael Laguna de la Vera, director ofSPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen, the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, explain the importance of open source for a healthy and sovereign European tech ecosystem! Link to the full episode in the comments 👇#europe#opensource#sovereignty

    Rafael Laguna on Open Source on Ep. 03 of the Innovate Europe! Podcast

  • Open-Source-MaintainerJan 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.Wir freuen uns, ein weiteres tiefergehendes Interview aus der ersten Kohorte des#SovereignTechFellowship zu teilen. In diesem Interview spricht Jan darüber, wie er Maintenance und Community-Aufbau verbindet, warum SBOMs für Software-Sicherheit entscheidend sind und was es braucht, um ein wachsendes Open-Source-Projekt zu leiten.➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_u9T99Z#MaintainerSpotlight

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