OpenUK

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

"Tessera: Using open geo-foundation models to find all life on Earth!" will be brought to life by Prof Anil Madhavapeddy, University of Cambridge, to open our OpenUK Space Tech Radar in association with Thoughtworks, with a launch event on 29 October in London. luma.com/openukspacet...

29 October OpenUK Space Tech Radar launch event, in association with Thoughtworks, will feature leaders in space and openness. Thanks to Fieldfisher for hosting us. Register here: luma.com/openukspacet...

What can telecoms teach AI about openness? Dr Maria Lema of Weaver Labs on bellheads, netheads and why AI needs its netheads. Read: openuk.uk/what-telecom... #opensource #AI #openuk

Announcing Dipesh Rawat of IBM, Mayowa Fajobi of Marsh, and Mike McQuaid of Administrate, have been shortlisted as finalists in the Community category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by Uber. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing CodeYourFuture, Open Microscopy Environment, and Women of Open Source have been shortlisted as finalists in the Community category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by Arm. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing Alvaro Balbin Ugalde of Social Gravity AI, Christie Purackal of Audioscenic, and Hleb B. of FairGo, have been shortlisted as finalists in the Young Person category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by kioko. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing balena, Edera, and Jura Labs have been shortlisted as finalists in the Security category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by ControlPlane. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing Sami Atabani of FocalPoint, Sergei Irisov of ZeroAvia, and Stephen Pollard of Arteq of London Limited, have been shortlisted as finalists in the Governance category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by Iain G. Mitchell KC. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing David Agbolade of Ofsted, David Soria Parra of Anthropic, Hannah Foxwell of AI for the rest of us, and 🦄 Peter Steinberger of OpenClaw Foundation have been shortlisted as finalists in the AI category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by nolabs, Inc. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards

Announcing FairGo, National Data Library, and The Scottish Government have been shortlisted as finalists in the Data category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by Open Data Institute. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing OpenEnergyMonitor, Raspberry Pi, and RepRap have been shortlisted as finalists in the Hardware category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by lowRISC CIC. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

Announcing Cilium, Flux CD, StackHPC, and Tessera - University of Cambridge have been shortlisted as finalists in the Software category of The OpenUK Awards, sponsored by Red Badger. See the full shortlist: openuk.uk/awards/

OpenUK’s September Newsletter is out! 📨 Final call for the Open Source Survey 26, SOOCon26 Belfast on 6 October, plus Clare Schram’s latest blogs exploring AI, open standards, finance and open source quantum SDKs. Read the newsletter here: openuk.uk/newsletter-p...

Panel: Building Trust in AI, featuring Moderator: Prof Amanda Brock of OpenUK and Panellists: Hannah Foxwell of AI for the rest of us, Marc Strathie of the Institute of Directors, Martin Woodward of GitHub, and Michael Shanks of Budibase at SOOCon26 Belfast. stateofopencon.com/belfast-sooc...

Support building understanding of the use of open source in the UK and its value by completing our survey by 5 Oct. Share information on your organisation's use of open source, regardless of sector. International survey closes on 31 Oct. openuk.uk/report/survey/

The Individual Award has been won by some real leaders in open source based in the UK over the past 6 years: Richard Purdie, Ernest Kissiedu, Dawn Foster, Anais Urlichs, Kevin Mayfield, and Liz Rice. Nominate and see full terms here: openuk.uk/awards/

Last day to bag an early-bird ticket for our Belfast State of Open Con 26 on the road on 6 October. Take the opportunity to network with open source leaders and discuss the key opportunities of the day. Link to tickets and to find out more: stateofopencon.com/belfast-sooc...

Anyone under 30 based in the UK who demonstrates excellence in open source is ripe for nomination in our Young Person category of the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards, sponsored by kioko. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ until midnight UK on 13 September, and you can also see the full terms and conditions.

Recognise a project, organisation, or person in the UK showing open source Community excellence by nominating them at no cost for our Community category, sponsored by Arm, in the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ until midnight on 13 September.

Security excellence in open source from the UK is celebrated in our 7th Annual Awards' Security category, sponsored by Control Plane. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ Nominations open until midnight on 13 September. A short list of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our Judges in September.

Governance is a key area of open source, and you can recognise excellence in an individual, project or organisation from the UK by nominating them in our 7th Annual Open Source Awards' governance category, sponsored by Iain Mitchell KC. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ until midnight on 13 Sep.

AI Openness is a hot topic this year, and you can recognise UK leadership in this by nominating a project, organisation or individual in the AI category of the 7th OpenUK Awards. The AI category is kindly sponsored by nolabs.ai and open for nominations until midnight UK on 13 Sep. openuk.uk/awards/

OpenUK Meet-up series in London has been moved to 22 October for “Agentic AI in Financial Services”. Tickets are free, thanks to Infosys for sponsoring the event. It's free to sign up, but seats are limited. Register here: luma.com/openuklondon...

Open Data leadership from the UK is celebrated in our 7th annual OpenUK Awards, with the open data category sponsored by Open Data Institute. A short list of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our Judges in September. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/

Nominate a project or person in our Open Hardware category, sponsored by lowRISC, in the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards until 13 September. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ A shortlist of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our judges in September.

Nominate a project or person in our Open Source Software category, sponsored by Red Badger in the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards until 13 September. openuk.uk/awards/ Shortlisted nominees will be invited to our Gala Awards Ceremony and Dinner, where the winners will be revealed.

Our 7th Annual OpenUK Awards, Young Person category nominations sponsored by Kioko 💫 are now open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague here: openuk.uk/awards/ A short list of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our Judges on 15 September. #opensource #opensourcesoftware

OpenUK’s 7th Annual Awards are open for nominations until 6th September. This year’s amazing judges are Laura Czajkowski, Kunal Kushwaha and May Cheung. Truly the Oscars of Open Source! Link to nominate: openuk.uk/awards/ #opensourceawards #openukawards #opensource #opensourcesoftware

The 7th Edition of the OpenUK Awards is now live — the "Oscars of Open Source". Nominate across this year's 9 categories! Thanks to sponsors Red Badger, Low RISC, @odihq.bsky.social, @controlplane.io, Arm, Iain Mitchell KC & Uber. Nominate: openuk.uk/awards/ #opensource #openuk

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Individual category nominations are open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to our individual sponsor Uber 💫 #opensource #openukawards

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Open Data category nominations are open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to our open data sponsor Open Data Institute 💫 #opensource #openukawards

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Open Hardware category nominations are open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to our open hardware sponsor lowRISC 💫 #opensource #openukawards

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Governance category nominations are open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to our governance sponsor Iain Mitchell KC 💫 #opensource #openukawards

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Open Source Software category nominations are open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to our open source software sponsor Red Badger 💫 #opensource #openukawards

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Community category nominations are open until 6 September. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to our community sponsor Arm 💫 #opensource #openukawards

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Security category nominations are open until 6 Sept. Nominate yourself or a colleague: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to sponsor ControlPlane 💫 Shortlist of 3 finalists announced 15 Sept. #security #opensource

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards: Open AI category nominations are open until midnight 6 Sept. Nominate yourself or a colleague here: openuk.uk/awards/ Thanks to sponsor NoLabs.ai 💫 Shortlist announced 15 Sept, ahead of our Gala Awards Ceremony. #opensourceai #opensource #openukawards

It wouldn't be possible to have our 2026 Awards recognising UK leadership in open technology without the generosity of our sponsors. 🙏 Nominations close at midnight BST on 6 September. Get nominating now: openuk.uk/awards/ 🚀 #OpenSourceAwards #TechAwards #OpenUK #OpenHQ

The OpenUK Awards are live the "Oscars of Open Source." 🏆 🚀 This 7th edition recognises UK leadership and global collaboration in open tech. Gala dinner at the House of Commons, 5 Nov, hosted by Chi Onwurah MP. Nominations close midnight BST, 6 Sept. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ #openukawards

The Annual Open Source Survey 2026 is open 📊 Two firsts this year: we've gone global beyond the UK 🌍, and we're asking about AI for the first time alongside software. Built with our Economists in Residence The PSC. Survey link 👉 openuk.uk/report/survey/ #opensource #openuk #openhq

It's FOSS's Sourav Rudra: OpenUK wants Britain to stop giving away its open source creations. The big ask: build Britain its own foundation for code, governance, standards like the Linux Foundation (LF) in the US. 🇬🇧 Read the piece here: itsfoss.com/news/british... #OpenSourceAI #OpenUK #OpenHQ

No UK firms feature in NVIDIA's new Open Secure AI Alliance for AI Safety and Security. 🌍 OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock: "If we want a place at the future dinner table for AI, we need to carve out our own place now." 🍽️ Read the article here: www.uktech.news/ai/uk-firms-... #AI #opensourceai #openuk

Want to understand the US leadership in the open weights letter from Friday and today’s announcement of the Open Source AI Alliance? Read our report published on 23 July. Read the full report here: openuk.uk/report/aiope... #openweights #openmodels #aiopenness #opensource #opensourceai #openuk