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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 29/09/2026

Sovereign Tech Resilience relaunches with four new services for critical open source projects: memory safety, post-quantum encryption, supply chain security, and Cyber Resilience Act compliance. www.sovereign.tech/news/resilie... 1/

Sovereign Tech Resilience relaunches with four new services to prevent, discover, and eliminate vulnerabilities in critical digital infrastructure. Sovereign Tech Agency.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 28/09/2026

Reminder: We're currently hiring for several roles across the team. Join the Sovereign Tech Agency and help shape the digital infrastructure of the 21st century: #Hiring #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech #DigitalSovereignty 1/

A recruitment graphic for Sovereign Tech Agency featuring a group of people sitting together in a workshop or meeting. The headline reads “We’re hiring!” and the bottom text says “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 17/09/2026

Was macht ein digitales Ökosystem resilient und welche Rolle kann Open Source dabei spielen? Das hat heute Marcel Lotz, Lead Sovereign Tech Fund, beim @bitkom.org Open Source Forum mit Peer Heinlein (Heinlein Group), Henriette Litta (@okfde.bsky.social) & Felix Ansmann (@bitkom.org) diskutiert. 1/

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 09/09/2026

Komm ins Team! Wir suchen eine*n technischen Direktor*in für die strategische Steuerung und fachliche Leitung der Technologie- und Forschungsagenda der Sovereign Tech Agency. 1/

Grafik einer Stellenausschreibung der Sovereign Tech Agency. Zu sehen sind vier Personen, die sich vor einem modernen Gebäude auf einer Wiese unterhalten. Darüber steht „Wir stellen ein! Technische*r Direktor*in“, unten „Sovereign Tech Agency“ und „Komm ins Team!“.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 08/09/2026

Seit gestern läuft der @handelsblatt.bsky.social Summit Zukunft IT 2026 in Düsseldorf, und wir sind heute auch dabei! Auf dem Panel „Anspruch versus Wirklichkeit: Digitale Souveränität in der (Unternehmens)realität” spricht Sovereign Tech Agency Direktor Programme Erik Möller. 1/3

Porträt von Erik Möller mit Brille und Bart. Darunter steht: „Erik Möller – Direktor Programme Sovereign Tech Agency“. Angekündigt wird das Panel „Anspruch versus Wirklichkeit: Digitale Souveränität in der (Unternehmens)realität“ auf dem „Handelsblatt Summit Zukunft IT“.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 07/09/2026

Want to stay up to date on our programs, job openings, and new developments from the #opensource projects powering critical digital infrastructure? Our newsletter delivers the latest news about our work right into your inbox every month. 📧 Sign up now: www.sovereign.tech#newsletter

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 03/09/2026

The German Federal Office for Information Security (@bsi.bund.de) and the Sovereign Tech Agency are endorsing the statement “Improving Europe's cybersecurity posture through #memorysafety,” which calls for more support for large-scale adoption of memory-safe technology. 1/ @trifectatech.bsky.social

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 03/09/2026

Wir stellen ein! Die Sovereign Tech Agency sucht eine*n Programm-Manager*in, der*die Verantwortung für das #SovereignTechResilience Programm zum Schutz kritischer Open-Source-Infrastruktur übernimmt. 1/

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 03/09/2026

Last call! We’re #hiring a Program Manager to lead the #SovereignTechResilience program for critical open source infrastructure. The deadline is Monday, 7 September 2026, 23:59 (CET). Don’t miss your chance to apply: www.sovereign.tech/jobs/program... #Jobs #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 02/09/2026

Our Director of Programs Erik Möller spoke to @josh.bressers.name on the #OpenSourceSecurity Podcast about how we work, where we invest, and the importance of supporting #opensource maintainers in times of AI. 🎧 Take a listen: opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-08...

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 27/08/2026

Join the team! We are looking for a Director of Technology to lead and shape the Sovereign Tech Agency’s technology and research strategy. 1/6

"We’re hiring! Director of Technology" job announcement for Sovereign Tech Agency, featuring a photo of four colleagues conversing outdoors on a sunny day. Text at the bottom reads "Join our team!”

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 26/08/2026

The preliminary agenda for the first @opentechresearch.org Symposium this October is live! Thanks to @openforumeurope.org for inviting us to contribute our experience investing in open technologies to the program committee. 1/3

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 20/08/2026

Wir stellen ein! Die Sovereign Tech Agency sucht eine*n Kaufmännische*n Mitarbeiter*in mit Struktur und Sorgfalt für unser wachsendes Team und Berliner Büro. Wir bieten eine vielseitige Rolle an der Schnittstelle zwischen Finanzen und Verwaltung, unseren Projekten und dem Team. 1/3

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 18/08/2026

Die Sovereign Tech Agency wächst: Komm ins Team! Wir haben aktuell mehrere spannende Stellen ausgeschrieben 🧵 #Hiring #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech (1/4)

Grafik mit helllavendelfarbenem Hintergrund und dunkelblauer Typografie. Oben rechts steht ‚Sovereign Tech Agency‘. Groß darunter: ‚KOMM INS TEAM‘. Dekorative dunkelblaue und violette Quadrate befinden sich oben links und unten rechts.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 17/08/2026

Want to get the latest news about our work on open digital infrastructure? Our monthly newsletter features updates on our programs, project announcements, and stories from the people powering the critical technologies we all rely on. Sign up to catch our August issue: www.sovereign.tech#newsletter

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 12/08/2026

We're looking for a structured and detail-oriented Finance & Operations Associate to help the Sovereign Tech Agency operate effectively and continue to grow. You’ll be working at the center of our operations, at the intersection of finance, administration, our projects, and the team. (1/3)

Recruitment graphic for Sovereign Tech Agency featuring the headline “We’re hiring! Finance & Operations Associate,” a photo of colleagues in a meeting, and the text “Join our team!”

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 10/08/2026

We’re #hiring a Program Manager to lead our #SovereignTechResilience Program! In this role, you’ll take hands-on ownership of one of our key programs dedicated to protecting critical #opensource infrastructure: security audits, memory safety, and post-quantum encryption readiness. (1/3)

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 03/08/2026

Wir suchen eine*n Kaufmännische*n Mitarbeiter*in, der*die mit Struktur und Sorgfalt dazu beiträgt, dass die Sovereign Tech Agency weiter wirksam arbeiten und wachsen kann. (1/3)

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 28/07/2026

Adriana Groh wrote “The Invisible Foundation of Digital Sovereignty” for the latest special issue of Behörden Spiegel dedicated to digital sovereignty. (1/4)

Graphic featuring Sovereign Tech Agency's purple corporate design, with a quote from Adriana Groh and her portrait in the lower right corner. Quote: “Healthy, open software ecosystems strengthen competition and innovation, lower barriers to market entry, secure the foundations upon which new technologies can emerge and scale, and reduce dependencies on individual platforms and products.” - Adriana Groh, Managing Director

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 27/07/2026

Meet the first cohort of the #SovereignTechStandards network! Antoine d’Aligny, @dansup.bsky.social, Heiko Schäfer, Job Snijders, Kacper Dalach, @lolaodelola.bsky.social, Marten Seemann, Martine Lenders, Mike Pennisi, and @swc.bsky.social. (1/4)

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 23/07/2026

📣 The new Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Open Digital Infrastructure is kicking off on Monday, July 27! Critical open source infrastructure crosses national borders, and the policies and resources that support it need international coordination. (1/4)

IGF 2026 Policy Network. Open Digital Infrastructure. First online meeting. Setting the network’s thematic priorities and agreeing a draft workplan for the year ahead. :Calendar Symbol: Monday, 27 July, :Clock Symbol: 13:00 UTC, :Screen Symbol: Online. Internet Governance Forum. intgovforum.org

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 21/07/2026

This week at #IETF126 in Vienna, the Sovereign Tech Standards network is on the ground, working on standards that keep internet traffic from being misdirected, make encrypted email trustworthy and usable, bring secure connections to small devices, and improve how data travels across the modern web.

Participants pose together in a meeting room during a pre-workshop at IETF126. Two participants are seated in front, four stand behind them, with a presentation screen and digital whiteboards visible in the background

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 13/07/2026

Adriana Groh hat für die aktuelle Sonderausgabe des Behörden Spiegels zum Thema digitale Souveränität den Gastbeitrag „Das unsichtbare Fundament digitaler Souveränität“ verfasst.

Grafik im violetten corporate design der Sovereign Tech Agency, mit einem Zitat von Adriana Groh und ihrem Portrait in der rechten unteren Ecke

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 07/07/2026

Wir suchen eine*n Programm-Manager*in, der*die das #SovereignTechFellowship und das #SovereignTechStandards Netzwerk leitet, zwei kohortenbasierte Programme, zur strukturellen Unterstützung von Open-Source-Maintainer*innen und Mitwirkenden.

Grafik für eine Stellenanzeige in der Sovereign Tech Agency, auf der Personen zu sehen sind, die sich in einem Büro unterhalten, mit den Texten „Wir stellen ein!“ und „Werde Teil unseres Teams!“ auf hellviolettem Hintergrund mit violetten Akzentblöcken

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 03/07/2026

For the fourth year in a row, we took part in UN Open Source Week in New York City. In addition to hosting this year’s maintain-a-thon as well as a breakfast reception in the German House, we contributed across multiple sessions, including panels at OSPOs for Good and community-led side events.

Visual for the blog post "Global Infrastructure, Shared Responsibility – UN Open Source Week 2026," featuring a United Nations flag against a cloudy sky.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 02/07/2026

Join us as Communications Lead! Our mission is to secure digital infrastructure in the public interest, strengthening the #opensource ecosystem and shaping its future. If you'd like to support us on this mission, apply by July 15. #Hiring #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 02/07/2026

Verstärke unser Team als Leitung der Kommunikation! Wir sichern digitale Infrastruktur im öffentlichen Interesse – stärken das #opensource-Ökosystem und gestalten dessen Zukunft mit. Bewirb Dich bis zum 15. Juli. #Hiring #OpenSource #PublicInterestTech

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 30/06/2026

In early June, we announced that we had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. (the German Institute for Standardization) to strengthen open source participation in international standards development. Photo: Peter-Paul Weiler

Adriana Groh and Christoph Winterhalter at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding shaking hands, sitting at a desk next to each other

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 30/06/2026

#UNOpenSourceWeek has been a timely moment to discuss how open source software, open standards, and digital public goods can be better governed, funded, and sustained as shared digital infrastructure.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 26/06/2026

Final stretch at UN Open Source Week! 🏁 Today, we're joining the Community-Led Side Events organized by RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), @openforumeurope.org, @curiossorg.bsky.social, and Red Hat, hosted by IBM.

Community event with attendees listening to a speaker. Text announces: “Public Investment for Open Source Infrastructure: The Sovereign Tech Agency Model in a Global Ecosystem,” with partner logos at the bottom.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 25/06/2026

At #OSPOsforGood Day at #UNOpenSourceWeek, Policy and Research Lead Paul Sharratt spoke to a standing-room-only audience on the panel “Financing Open Source and Digital Public Goods: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach.” Paul made the case for why open source infrastructure requires dedicated 1/

Paul Sharratt speaking on a panel at OSPOs for Good. Seated to the left is Armando Manzueta, and on the right is moderator Jon Lloyd

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 25/06/2026

At #OSPOsforGood Adriana Groh spoke on the opening panel "Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World" during #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026. On the role of governments in sustaining #opensource, Adriana argued critical digital infrastructure cannot rely indefinitely on a few maintainers 1/

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 24/06/2026

How can we finance, sustain, and scale open source and digital public goods? Our Policy & Research Lead, Paul Sharratt will discuss at #OSPOsforGood Day on Thursday with Armando Manzueta, CV Madhukar, Jon Lloyd, Julia Vieira de Andrade Dias Emendabili, and Pamod Amarkoon about what sustainable

Speaker card featuring a photo of Paul Sharratt, Policy & Research Lead at Sovereign Tech Agency speaking with a microphone (by Mike Gifford). The card includes the United Nations and Open Source Week logos.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 24/06/2026

Join us at #OSPOsforGood Day during #UNOpenSourceWeek, where Adriana Groh will speak on the opening panel "Open Source & Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World." Adriana will speak about our unique approach: investing in the open source components, the digital infrastructure of the 21st century.

Graphic promoting the Open Source Week OSPOs for Good panel, "Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World," featuring headshots of eight speakers with UN logos at the bottom.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 23/06/2026

This morning, the Sovereign Tech Agency hosted a breakfast reception at the German House in New York on the theme of “Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: Sustaining Open Source for the Public Good,” at #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026.

The audience of around 50 attendees at the breakfast reception, several tall buildings are visible through the windows.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 22/06/2026

The second #Maintainathon at #UNOpenSourceWeek brought together more than 100 participants across two tracks and 15 sessions: maintainers, governments, NGOs, researchers, OSPOs, and open source communities speaking openly about what it actually takes to sustain critical digital infrastructure.

Tiffany Farriss hosting the session “Governance at Scale: What Actually Travels”

Small group discussion in the capacity-building room.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 22/06/2026

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 22/06/2026

The #maintainathon is underway at #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026 in NYC. For the 2nd year, we & the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies are convening #opensource maintainers and institutional actors to work on the challenge of maintaining increasingly complex critical digital systems.

View of the audience in the ECOSOC chamber at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 22/06/2026

Good morning from New York! Open source is built, maintained, and used around the world. Strengthening the critical software components we all rely on takes international collaboration, and there's no better place to move that work forward than Open Source Week at the United Nations.

Visual for UN Open Source Week 2026, featuring the United Nations headquarter building and different country flags in the foreground.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 19/06/2026

Today in Paris: the official kick-off of the #DigitalCommons EDIC's first activities. There were sessions on the EU #TechSovereigntyPackage, on why Member States built a shared instrument for digital commons, as well as three working tracks: Connect, Deploy, and Maintain.

DC-EDIC Director Laurent Rojey speaking at the kick-off event, the slide says “From Political Momentum to Practical Cooperation”

Adriana Groh, Marieke Mol, Emma Ghariani, and Laurent Rojey open the Digital Commons EDIC kick-off workshop

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 19/06/2026

UN Open Source Week is just around the corner, and we're excited to return to NYC 🗽 Here’s where you can find us throughout the week, find all the direct links in the thread:

Banner for UN Open Source Week 2026 featuring the United Nations and Open Source Week logos, with the event details: United Nations Headquarters, New York, 22–26 June, over a blue technology-themed world map background. A countdown timer is displayed at the bottom.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 18/06/2026

Building on last year’s success, we are bringing the #maintainathon back to #UNOpenSourceWeek 🇺🇳 Together with the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, the Sovereign Tech Agency is hosting the maintain-a-thon, facilitated and led by the experts from our delegation:

Visual for the Sovereign Tech Agency’s Maintain-a-thon 2.0 during UN Open Source Week 2026, featuring a large group photo of participants in a conference room.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 18/06/2026

We are looking for a Program Manager to lead the #SovereignTechFellowship and #SovereignTechStandards network, two cohort-based programs that engage directly with open source maintainers and contributors. ➡️ Apply now: www.sovereign.tech/jobs/program...

Hiring graphic for a Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency, showing people talking in an office with the text "We're hiring!" and "Join our team!” on a light purple background with purple accent blocks

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 17/06/2026

For the second year, we are bringing a delegation of #OpenSource maintainers to #UNOpenSourceWeek in NYC. The experts who actually build and maintain critical digital infrastructure are rarely represented in the international conversations about how that infrastructure is sustained and maintained.

Graphic with the headline “UN Open Source Week ‘26: our maintainer delegation” includes a picture of a group of maintainers standing in front of the UN building in New York.

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 17/06/2026

We're excited to be at @vivatech.bsky.social in Paris 🇫🇷 Adriana Groh will be speaking in two sessions: 🕑 Today, 2PM 📍Sovereignty Arena Free, Open and Commons: New Paths to Sovereignty 🕑 June 18, 12PM 📍Germany @ VivaTech 2026 Digital Commons EDIC: Building Europe’s Digital Infrastructure Together

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 16/06/2026

We are looking for an experienced, strategic thinker to lead and develop our communications work. ➡️ Apply now: www.sovereign.tech/jobs/communi...

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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 16/06/2026

Wir suchen eine erfahrene, strategisch denkende Person, die unsere Unternehmenskommunikation leitet und weiterentwickelt. ➡️ Jetzt bewerben: www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenan...

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Yani Bellini Saibene @yabellini.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm very very excited to be part of this year's STA Fellows. 💫 🤩 I'm looking forward to learning more about the other fellows' work and projects and sharing mine. Thank you for this great opportunity! #RStats @ropensci.org @rladies.org @carpentries.carpentries.org

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Georgi Ker @georgically.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I’m really honoured and excited to be one of the fellows supported by @sovereign.tech this year 😊. Looking forward to meeting the other fellows, learning about their projects, and contributing to the open source ecosystem together.

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