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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 2h
@nikomatsakis.com, Jack Huey and @orhun.dev go live tomorrow at 9am PDT to talk about coding agents that write Rust the compiler actually likes, and what Symposium brings to the table. Grab your spot on this livestream hosted by us + @jetbrains.com: info.jetbrains.com/rustrover-li...
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Live Webinar - Smarter Coding Agents for Rust with Symposium
Discover how Rust and AI can make each other better and how Symposium gives coding agents the crate-aware skills, tools and workflows they need to write more reliable Rust.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 28/09/2026
Join Symposium Co-Creators @nikomatsakis.com & Jack Huey and @orhun.dev of @jetbrains.com on Oct 1 to talk about coding agents that write reliable, idiomatic Rust! Register: info.jetbrains.com/rustrover-li... Read more: rustfoundation.org/event/livest...
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Live Webinar - Smarter Coding Agents for Rust with Symposium
Discover how Rust and AI can make each other better and how Symposium gives coding agents the crate-aware skills, tools and workflows they need to write more reliable Rust.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 25/09/2026
Join Symposium Co-Creators @nikomatsakis.com & Jack Huey and @orhun.dev of @jetbrains.com on Oct 1 to talk about coding agents that write reliable, idiomatic Rust! Register: info.jetbrains.com/rustrover-li... Read more: rustfoundation.org/event/livest...
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Live Webinar - Smarter Coding Agents for Rust with Symposium
Discover how Rust and AI can make each other better and how Symposium gives coding agents the crate-aware skills, tools and workflows they need to write more reliable Rust.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
Meet new Distribution Engineer, Arlo Siemsen 🦀 With funding from Alpha-Omega, Arlo will help land TUF-based signing, mirroring, and verification in support of the Rust Project mirroring project goal. rustfoundation.org/media/meet-a... #rustlang #supplychainsecurity
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Meet Arlo Siemsen: Distribution Engineer for the Rust Supply Chain - The Rust Foundation
Since 2022, the Rust Foundation has run a Security Initiative aimed at the parts of the Rust ecosystem that no individual maintainer can reasonably be expected to cover alone: threat modeling for crat...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
We're excited to welcome four new members to the Rust Foundation: Silver Members: @codspeed.io, Haevek, and Perplexity Associate Member: @stewardshiplab.org Thanks to these orgs for investing in the health and stewardship of #rustlang! rustfoundation.org/media/rust-f...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
Rust Foundation Trusted Training Provider @mainmatter.com is hosting an AMA on migrating C/C++ to idionmatic #rustlang on October 1! Don't miss it: luma.com/m2gplobz
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C-to-Rust Migrations – AMA with Jonas Kruckenberg and Marco Otte-Witte · Luma
Securing and modernizing software is a top priority today. Tech debt and memory-safety bugs remain the largest sources of vulnerabilities, which is why teams…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 22/09/2026
Please welcome Scott Schafer as the new full-time Maintainer in Residence for the Cargo team! 🦀 📦 This role is funded through the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund, with added support from the Leadership Council + AWS. Read more: rustfoundation.org/media/announ...
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Announcing a Maintainer in Residence: Scott Schafer for the Cargo team - The Rust Foundation
This blog post has been cross-posted with permission from its original source: blog.rust-lang.org By Jakub Beránek on behalf of the Rust Project Funding team At the end of August, we announced our…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 11/09/2026
This past Weds at #rustconf, Joe Birr-Pixton and Daniel McCarney shared an update on the Rustls project 10 years in! Don't miss this write-up from Joe that captures some of what they covered onstage. Congrats on such a long run of this important project, Rustls! rustfoundation.org/media/guest-...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 10/09/2026
Thank you to Felipe Monteiro for sharing an update on the Rust Standard Library Verification Contest from AWS and the Rust Foundation at #rustconf earlier this morning! Learn more and get involved: lnkd.in/gjkfDJ8C github.com/model-checki...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 10/09/2026
Thanks to Nicholas Matsakis for sharing this helpful overview of @rust-lang.org Goals and funding them. Rust Project Goals looking for funding: goals.rust-lang.org/2026/funding... Overview of #rustlang Goals: goals.rust-lang.org
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Looking to fund? - Rust Project Goals
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 10/09/2026
More news from the RustConf stage! Rust Foundation Silver Member Peeriot has just announced the developer preview of Myrmic: an open, Rust- based runtime for building stateful software for machines, devices, and distributed physical systems. Learn more : rustfoundation.org/media/guest-...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 10/09/2026
🧵 Big onstage announcements from @microsoft.com at @rustconf.com: - Rust is now a tier-1 language for internal development at Microsoft - rustc_codegen_utc: a prod-ready compiler backend that brings Rust onto the same Windows-native code generation platform as MSVC 🎉
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 09/09/2026
NVIDIA, our newest Platinum Member, launched CUDA Rust today. You can now write GPU kernels in Rust and compile them straight to PTX. Learn more on their blog: developer.nvidia.com/blog/introdu...
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Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels | NVIDIA Technical Blog
In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains, and NVIDIA will be growing and maturing CUDA…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 09/09/2026
Just announced onstage at @rustconf.com: NVIDIA and @solana.com are the newest Platinum members of the Rust Foundation 🦀 Learn more about why each org joined and what it helps us do for Rust: rustfoundation.org/media/rust-f...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 09/09/2026
Rebecca Rumbul is onstage at #rustconf2026 with a stack of announcements, and we're proud to host an event that's already 10 years old. Of everything she covered, the one closest to our hearts: maintainers 🧡 Learn more about the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund here: github.com/sponsors/rus...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 05/09/2026
Our team has begun setting up for #rustconf 🎉 Workshops, early badge retrieval, and the evening Career Crawl (sponsored by Solana) kick off on Tuesday. Register while you can (virtual starts at $0): bit.ly/4gWyfWK What part of the week are you most excited for (besides the stickers)?
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 04/09/2026
New from the Rust/C++ Interop Initiative: a tool support matrix comparing Crubit, cxx, and Zngur across 25+ interop use cases, an overloading experiment you can try, and more! Read Teor's update here: rustfoundation.org/media/rust-c...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 02/09/2026
Rust Foundation Trusted Training (RFTT) is our accreditation for Rust training providers who meet our standard for curriculum, instructors, and learner experience. RFTT spotlight: Doulos, offering 35 years of engineering education, 3+ years of Rust courses. rustfoundation.org/media/rust-f...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 02/09/2026
Congrats to Nicolás Antinori and Hernán G. Gonzalez of Oxidar on presenting "(Why|Who|Where) Rust" at DebConf 26. This is first for Oxidar presenters, and a great introduction of Rust to the Debian community 🦀 Slides + recording: oxidar.org/en/why-who-w...
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(Why|Who|Where) Rust at DebConf 26
A talk about why Rust is good for systems development, who is using it in production, and how to get involved with the community.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 01/09/2026
Update on AWS' contest to formally verify Rust's std library: Manual proofs got to 725 functions; a new automated tool then verified nearly 12,000! More at RustConf 2026 on Sept 10. In the meantime, don't miss this guest blog from Sr. Applied Scientists @ AWS: rustfoundation.org/media/how-th...
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How the Rust Standard Library Verification Contest Scaled Past Manual Proof Engineering
This article was written with support from Rahul Kumar (Senior Applied Scientist Manager, AWS) & Felipe Monteiro (Senior Applied Scientist, AWS) When the Rust Foundation and AWS launched the…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 27/08/2026
Welcoming Jess Izen as our new Engineer in Residence! For the next year she'll work with our team (while staying at AWS) on crates.io security and support for #rustlang community libraries, starting with malicious crate detection for new publishes! 🦀 Learn more: rustfoundation.org/media/welcom...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 27/08/2026
We're live in 5 minutes! 🎥 Join @orhun.dev and Stephen Korzeniewski (Rig, Playgrounds) now for "Building AI applications in Rust". This is the first session in our new livestream series with @jetbrains.com 👉️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEdw...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 26/08/2026
Announcing the 1st cohort of Rust Maintainers in Residence! Thanks to contributions from Google, AWS, & OpenAI, the Rust Foundation and Rust Project have raised $350K to fund 6 contributors on Rustup, Clippy, compiler, stdlib, & rustdoc 🦀 Read announcement: rustfoundation.org/media/rust-p...
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Rust Project and Rust Foundation Announce First Maintainers in Residence
New program directs $350,000 toward maintainers supporting critical Rust infrastructure DOVER, Delaware, USA – August 26, 2026 – The Rust Project and Rust Foundation today announced the inaugural coho...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 26/08/2026
Tomorrow! The Rust Foundation & @jetbrains.com livestream series kicks off with @orhun.dev and Stephen Korzeniewski talking real about Rust+AI workflows. 📅 Thurs, Aug 27 @ 16:00 UTC 👀 Learn more: rustfoundation.org/media/jetbra... 🏷️ Bookmark the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEdw...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 25/08/2026
Proud to team up w/ @jetbrains.com for livestreams centered around Rust & AI + how the two are coming together in development. 🦀 Session 1: @orhun.dev talks agents, tooling, & real #rustlang+AI workflows w/ Stephen Korzeniewski. 📅 Aug 27 @ 16:00 UTC Info: rustfoundation.org/media/jetbra...
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JetBrains Partners with the Rust Foundation for an AI Livestream Series
A little over a month ago we saw this tweet from Vitaly, who is the Head of Rust Ecosystem at JetBrains. JetBrains is one of our members, developer of RustRover, their dedicated IDE for Rust…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 22/08/2026
New "Built With Rust" story on our blog! 🦀 Processing Foundation replaced their aging OpenGL renderer w/ a shared Rust core (built on Bevy) that compiles to WASM for the browser, links via FFI, or runs natively with Python support. Their Rust case study: rustfoundation.org/media/built-...
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Built with Rust: Processing Foundation
How Processing Foundation's Rust R&D is changing what's possible in the browser. Built With Rust is a new series from the Rust Foundation, spotlighting how Rust Commercial Network member…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 19/08/2026
Calling overloaded C++ functions from Rust today means boilerplate, traits, or uniquely-named functions for every overload. "Splat," a new experiment from Teor of the Rust/C++ Interop Initiative, is a 1st step toward making that easier. Learn more: rustfoundation.org/media/experi...
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Experimenting with Function Overloading in Rust: Why It Matters
The Rust/C++ Interop Initiative — a Rust Foundation effort aimed at making Rust and C++ work together more smoothly — is the driving force behind the "function overloading experiment" described in…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 19/08/2026
Rust Foundation Trusted Training Provider @mainmatter.com is once again presenting @eurorust.eu this October! Register now and be sure to check our their special #rustlang training day on Oct 14: eurorust.eu
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 17/08/2026
Rust Foundation Project Directors Carol Nichols and David Wood are back with a recap of our June board meeting. We're grateful to them for providing this regular glimpse into our board-level discussions for the community! rustfoundation.org/media/june-2...
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June 2026 Project Director Update - The Rust Foundation
Contributed by Project Directors Carol Nichols and David Wood | View on the Inside Rust blog This post covers the Rust Foundation board meeting that took place on June 9, 2026. Find the full June…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 14/08/2026
Next up in our Rust Foundation Trusted Training Provider series: Wyliodrin! An embedded Rust specialist based in Romania and France, they are also a core contributor to TockOS, one of the projects it teaches. More about what sets their #rustlang training apart: rustfoundation.org/media/rust-f...
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Rust Foundation Trusted Training Spotlight: Wyliodrin
Wyliodrin, an embedded Rust specialist based in Romania and France, brings a distinctive credential to its training: the team is also a core contributor to TockOS, one of the projects it teaches. In…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 13/08/2026
ExpressVPN's rewrite of their Lightway VPN protocol shows what a careful Rust migration involves: unsafe denied by default, wolfSSL kept for crypto, Tokio for concurrency, +2 independent audits, & 4x throughput on iOS. Read their "Built With Rust" story: rustfoundation.org/media/built-...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 07/08/2026
We are excited to support the Rust Team Health Summit on Sept 8 in Montréal! Team leads across Rust will spend the day talking leadership, mentoring & collaboration, and resources for current and future Rustaceans. Learn more: rustfoundation.org/media/rust-t...
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Rust Team Health Summit: September 8 in Montréal
A day of discussions about Rust leadership, mentoring, cross-team collaboration, and more.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 07/08/2026
Ten years of #rustconf? We could not be more excited to host this one. 🦀🎉 Sept 8-11, Montréal + online. A decade of talks, workshops, and hallway chats we still think about years later. Employer-paid rate ends Aug 10. Register today for the best rate. bit.ly/4fVtnQ5 #rustconf26
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 06/08/2026
New interview from RustWeek 2026 (@rustnl.bsky.social) via the #rustlang Content Team: Rust-C++ interop with Teor, C++ Interop Engineer at the Rust Foundation. Highlights: the Tor project's accidental full rewrite, problem space mapping, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1U9...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 04/08/2026
Rust Project Funding Team update: $350K raised so far for the Maintainer in Residence program. 45 people + 3 teams looking for funding support. First focus: rustup, rustfmt, clippy, rustdoc, libs, cargo, mods. Shortlist announcement expected end of August! 🦀 blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/...
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Funding team progress update — July 2026 | Inside Rust Blog
Want to follow along with Rust development? Curious how you might get involved? Take a look!
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 03/08/2026
Looking for hands-on #rustlang training? Don't miss these upcoming offerings from Rust Foundation Trusted Training Provider @mainmatter.com!
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 30/07/2026
2 months later & the Rust Commercial Network RCN) is already 100+ individuals &~50 companies strong 🦀 Together, we're tackling maintainer funding, LTS toolchains, safety-critical Rust, & more! Read the update from our Dir of Outreach, @lorilorusso.bsky.social: rustfoundation.org/media/update...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 28/07/2026
Thanks to Francesco Ciulla for hosting this convo w/ our Exec Director & CEO, Rebecca Rumbul & Canonical's VP of Engineering, Jon Seager! They discuss why Canonical decided to become a Rust Foundation Gold Member, what “oxidizing Ubuntu” actually means, & more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw-1...
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Why Canonical Is Betting on Rust for Ubuntu
🎟️ REGISTER FOR RUSTCONF 2026: https://rustconf.com/register Use the code RUST26 for 10% off eligible tickets. The discount is available to the first 20 people who use the code. ALL THE LINKS…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 17/07/2026
Open infrastructure isn't free. Through Datadog's OSS program, we're able to see what's driving crates.io's costs: bandwidth, top consumers, CI load (~50% of all traffic!), and the growing AI tax. Writeup from our Director of Technology, @joelmarcey.com: opensource.datadoghq.com/projects/rus...
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Rust Foundation | Datadog Open Source Hub
How the Rust Foundation uses Datadog to observe the true cost of open source—tracking crates.io bandwidth, top consumers, the growing impact of AI traffic, CI runs, and problem endpoints to keep the…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 16/07/2026
Rust Project Infra Team Q2 recap is out 🦀 - Bors checks: 30min → 1min - YubiKeys for critical access - New RISC-V + powerpc64 CI runners - Secret scanning across rust-lang repos Great writeup from Rust Foundation Infra Engineer, Ubiratan Soares: blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/...
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Infrastructure Team 2026 Q2 Recap and Q3 Plan | Inside Rust Blog
Want to follow along with Rust development? Curious how you might get involved? Take a look!
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 16/07/2026
New episode of the Rust in Production pod with our CEO/Exec Director Rebecca Rumbul, Director of Outreach @lorilorusso.bsky.social, & board member @davidtw.co. Learn about the intersection of the Foundation and the Rust Project, maintainer support, security, and interop: corrode.dev/podcast/s06e...
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The Rust Foundation with Rebecca Rumbul, Lori Lorusso, and David Wood - Rust in Production Podcast | corrode Rust Consulting
Most Rust developers use the language, compiler, package registry, and tooling every day without thinking too much about the organization that helps keep parts of that ecosystem funded and sustainable...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 15/07/2026
crates.io must make it easy to audit and trust the dependencies millions of Rust developers rely on. In the team's latest development update, Rust Foundation Software Engineer @tobias.bieniek.cloud (on behalf of the crates.io team) covers 6 months of changes: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/c...
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crates.io: development update | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 14/07/2026
One month into the new AI Security Engineer in Residence role, Jacob Finkelman shares what's been keeping him busy at the Rust Foundation: talking with maintainers and security teams across the ecosystem, building a prioritized database of crates to scan, & more. rustfoundation.org/media/my-fir...
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My First Month as AI Security Engineer in Residence at the Rust Foundation
As announced in a recent blog post, thanks to generous funding from the Alpha-Omega Project, the Rust Foundation hired me into the role of AI Security Engineer in Residence (SEIR). This position was…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 09/07/2026
Excited to spotlight one of the first #rustlang training providers to earn our "Rust Foundation Trusted Training" designation: @mainmatter.com! Learn more about the high quality training offerings they bring to the Rust ecosystem on our blog: rustfoundation.org/media/rust-f...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 08/07/2026
Big infrastructure security win for #rustlang: we've rolled out Ubuntu Pro on some of our servers thanks to 25 donated subscriptions from Canonical. Extended patching + reboot-free kernel updates for systems like docs.rs and Crater 🎉 Learn more from @ieni.dev: rustfoundation.org/media/streng...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 07/07/2026
Fresh off becoming an RFTT-accredited training provider, @mainmatter.com brought "Learn Rust from Scratch" to Barcelona's 1st-ever Upskilling Week on June 30 🦀 2 evenings, hands-on exercises, learners from every background all diving into Rust for the 1st time! rustfoundation.org/media/recap-...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 02/07/2026
Project Directors David Wood and Carol Nichols are back with a combined update from the Rust Foundation's April and May board meetings. This monthly series aims to shed light on board-level discussions for the wider community. Check it out! rustfoundation.org/media/projec...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 30/06/2026
We are pleased to welcome Wild to the RIL: the Rust Foundation's home for projects that power critical infrastructure. Wild is a linker with the goal of being very fast for iterative development & is supported financially by AWS. Read the announcement: rustfoundation.org/media/welcom...
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Welcoming Wild to the Rust Innovation Lab
The Rust Innovation Lab (RIL), housed under the Rust Foundation, is pleased to announce the arrival of its newest board-approved project, Wild: a very fast linker for Linux, with other operating…
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 25/06/2026
Introducing the Rust Foundation Trusted Training program: the 1st accreditation for Rust training providers, backed by the foundation that stewards #rustlang. Seeking Rust training? Building a base of pro talent? Offering Rust training? RFTT is for you! rustfoundation.org/media/rust-f...
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 24/06/2026
Rust Foundation Infrastructure Engineer Marco Ieni shares his journey from contributor to maintainer, speaker, and community builder. Learn about his work to support Rust infrastructure at scale: youtu.be/alW8mcSrD1Y #rustlang
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The Man Who Keeps Rust Running for 4 Million Developers | Marco Ieni | Rust
He manages the infrastructure that keeps Rust alive for 4 million developers worldwide — CI, releases, bots, and everything in between. Meet Marco Ieni, Infrastructure Engineer at the Rust…
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