From Brussels to Bengaluru: Amanda Brock on AI Openness and Digital Sovereignty - FOSS Force From EU summits to India’s AI mission, Amanda Brock is pressing governments to treat open source as the backbone of digital sovereignty.

Looking at open source and sovereignty, FOSSForce speak to Bruce Perrens and Amanda Brock. Read now at fossforce.com/2025/12/from...
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OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock will be joining the panel discussion on "AI + Open Source: The New Software Supply Chain" at Kube Crash Spring 2026 on 30 April with Chase Pettet, Matt Barker, Nina Polshakova, and Cortney Nickerson. Register here www.kubecrash.io/register
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Joining the OpenUK team as Policy Manager @talkcybertome.bsky.social will work closely with CEO and Policy Director @amandabrock.bsky.social and our Research Director Jennifer Barth. Congratulations on your appointment Sal and welcome! 👏
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Welcoming @karansaini.com to our team as OpenHQ Research Manager. Working closely with our Research Director Jennifer Barth and CEO and Policy Director @amandabrock.bsky.social. Karan will be a key member of our research and reporting team, bringing his deep security and open source experience. 👏👏👏

We know that with Rebecca Rumbul as OpenUK’s new Board Chair leading our phenomenal Board and working closely with our CEO Professor Amanda Brock, OpenUK will continue to have huge impact on the UK’s digital landscape and global open source. Congrats on your appointment Becc! 👏 #openuk #openukboard

Adrian Bridgwater quotes CEO, @amandabrock.bsky.social, in the @thenewstack.io as he explores Meta open sourcing its new models, Alexandr Wang’s first for Meta
Read here: thenewstack.io/meta-open-so...
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Wishing you a Happy Easter and a well-earned break from everyone at OpenUK and OpenHQ! 🐣 🐰 🐤 #openuk #openhq

OpenUK were delighted to attend a roundtable with the Conservative DSIT Opposition team led by Julia Lopez MP on Wednesday, 18th. We were 10 strong, and took the opportunity not only to discuss digital sovereignty but UK’s open source ecosystem and its needs. Read here: openuk.uk/openukmeetin...

Read the OpenUK March Newsletter features updates on the Africa meet-up and report, the Roundtable in Parliament, SOOCon On The Road, and, as usual, the press we were featured in and the events we will be at. Read the OpenUK March Newsletter here openuk.uk/newsletter-p...
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Amanda Brock co-authored this OpEd for Deccan Herald, looking at the middle ground approach of the UK to AI regulation alongside those of India and the EU.
Read here: www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-...
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Open tech is inevitable. Eventually, it became the dominant force in software, and over time, the same will happen in AI. It just needs a bunch of stars to align,” states OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock. Read here: www.computing.co.uk/feature/2026...
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Kigali, Rwanda, on 11 March, Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK and OpenHQ, will be interviewed by Didas Mbarushimana of Open Source Kigali in a fireside chat followed by audience Q&A. Taking place at 18.00 on 11 March, at Digital Transformation Centre, Rwanda. Sign up here: luma.com/tyd5aolg
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Read the OpenUK March 2026 Newsletter – a National Open Source Foundation for the UK to read updates on OpenUK's proposal on a UK National Open Source Foundation, MWC Leaders' Lunch, Roundtable in Parliament, and so on. Read the OpenUK March Newsletter here: openuk.uk/newsletter-p...

CEO @amandabrock.bsky.social is included in 15 women who inspire by The Beautiful Truth on International Women’s Day. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-be...
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OpenUK’s recommendations to @ukri.org are shared today, including its proposal to build a National Open Source “Foundation” for the UK with an incubator/ accelerator. Supporting AI Minister Kanishka Narayan MP’s ambitions to make the UK
Read more: openuk.uk/makingukhome...
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Kigali, Rwanda, on 11 March, Professor Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK and OpenHQ, will be interviewed by Didas Mbarushimana of Open Source Kigali in a fireside chat followed by audience Q&A. Sign up here: luma.com/tyd5aolg
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CEO Amanda Brock interviewed by GoodReturns re the IndiaAI Impact Summit, saying Open Source AI Is India’s Biggest Chance to Lead Global Tech Race. Read more at: www.goodreturns.in/news/open-so...

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The Open Advantage | Amanda Brock, OpenUK | LIVE at IndiaAI Impact Summit on CAIO Connect Podcast. Watch now: youtu.be/YD-rApaJcBc?...
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CEO Amanda Brock interviewed by CIOL re the IndiaAI Impact Summit, saying OpenUK Makes the Case for Open Source Governance. Read more: www.ciol.com/interviews/a...

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"AI Impact Summit 2026 AI Openness Report" is now live - updates on the content at the Impact Summit, launches during the summit and relevant provisions of the New Delhi Declaration direct from our team on the ground in Delhi and our partners.
openuk.uk/stateofopen/...
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UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan MP supports OpenUK and open source in a video launched at the British High Commission in India party for the IndiaAI Impact Summit today. Featuring Amanda Brock, David Soria Parra, Matt Barker, Laura Gilbert, Sal Kimmich, and Kunal Kushwaha. youtu.be/UGuD1Lwjjxk?...

One of the highlights of the IndiaAI Impact Summit, this phenomenal panel hosted by OpenUK brought people who really understand open source together to dig deep into resilience and sovereignty. With Amanda Brock, @anastasiastasenko.bsky.social, Jimmy Wales, Dr Laura Gilbert, and @mishi.bsky.social

We’re honoured to share that our CEO will be attending the World Leaders’ Day at The IndiaAI Impact Summit tomorrow, as a guest of the Indian Government. This will include the Inauguration by PM Modi. openuk.uk/indiaaisummit/
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AI Impact Summit Fringe Event Hackathon with OpenHQ – 18 Feb 2026, 9:00 – 13:00 "Hackathon for Geospatial AI for Good"
Led by Aaditeshwar Seth and Anil Madhavapeddy
India International Centre, Annexe, Lecture Room 2
50 places only luma.com/rzk717ys
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Join us on 18 Feb 2026, 10:30 – 11:25 at Bharat Mandapam, and if you can't join in person, watch the live stream (www.youtube.com/live/M8EeV8b... ), or look out for our report on AI Openness and the Impact Summit being shared on 20th!
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World-class speakers Jimmy Wales; Dr. Laura Gilbert; Mishi Choudhary; Anastasia Stasenko; moderated by Amanda Brock, discussing "Building Resilience and breaking dependency in enterprise and public sector AI – how can open source support this?" in this India AI Impact Summit 2026 Panel.

If you cannot join us live, you may want to join the stream for our India AI Impact Summit 2026 Workshop, MCP, Open Standards, and Data in the Age of Agentic AI at 10.30 AM IST today via www.youtube.com/live/M8EeV8b...
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While others celebrate St Valentine, we choose open source on free software day. Give a developer a hug - if you dare! sharepic.fsfe.org#ilovefs
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Join the India AI Summit Workshop on MCP, Open Standards and Data Workshop With hosts @amandabrock.bsky.social @mvkaran.bsky.social Workshop Leaders: @simonhansford.bsky.social @saiyampathak.com @thatdevopsguy.bsky.social James Lovegrove, Naresh Vyas @anil.recoil.org and @shivaylamba.bsky.social

Special edition of the OpenUK Newsletter featuring our work at the Global AI India Impact Summit in Delhi next week. openuk.uk/newsletter-p...
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