Recruiting & Talent

Open Source Founders Summit 2026

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Open Source Founders Summit 2026 ran May 18–19, 2026 at La Rotonde Stalingrad in Paris, France. It is a Recruiting & Talent conference. ConferenceGrid lists 32 speakers, 5 sponsors and 21 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified Jun 15, 2026

Open Source Founders Summit 2026 is a conference dedicated to founders of open source companies, focusing on the unique challenges of building sustainable and financially successful open source businesses. The event offers workshops, networking, and discussions with leaders from top open source organizations. Attendees can expect to benchmark performance, ga…

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32Speakers
5Sponsors
21Sessions
31Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Open, in alphabetical order.

Alexei Vladishev
Zabbix
Amandine Le Pape
Element
Anais Concepcion
Grist
Anna Widenius
MariaDB
Caitlin Augustin
DataKind
David Aronchick
Expanso
Dominique De Cooman
Dropsolid
Emily Omier
Florent Zara
Eclipse Foundation
Gaël Duval
Murena
Gael Fraiteur
PostSharp Technologies
Guillaume Monnet
Mockoon
Heili Toome
MobilityData
Justin Cormack
Docker
Kevin Muller
Passbolt
Ludovic Dubost
XWiki
Matthew Hodgson
Element
Michael Meeks
Collabora Productivity
Nick Veenhof
Gitlab
Nithya Ruff
Linux Foundation
Paul-Henri Pillet
Gatling
Peter Zaitsev
Percona

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Eclipse Foundation
Emily Omier Consulting
OSI
Passbolt
YottaDB

Agenda

Selected from 21 sessions.

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 09:30 - 09:40

    Welcome to the Open Source Founders Summit

    A short welcome talk.

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 09:40 - 10:00

    Talk: Disrupt yourself before AI does it for you

    Pierre Burgy on how Strapi reached profitability and how open source companies can stay ahead of AI-driven disruption.

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 10:05 - 11:05

    Breakout workshops, session 1

    Breakout workshops of between 10 and 15 attendees, each group focused on a specific aspect of building open source businesses (product management, scaling engineering teams, market…

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 11:35 - 11:55

    Talk: How AI is devaluing proprietary code

    A talk on how AI-powered code generation is eroding the competitive moat of proprietary software.

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00

    Breakout workshops, session 2

    Breakout workshops of between 10 and 15 attendees, each group focused on a specific aspect of building open source businesses (product management, scaling engineering teams, market…

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 14:00 - 14:20

    Talk: How do you make money as an open source company?

    An exploration of the business models and revenue strategies that open source companies use to sustain themselves.

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 14:25 - 15:25

    Breakout workshops, session 3

    Breakout workshops of between 10 and 15 attendees, each group focused on a specific aspect of building open source businesses (product management, scaling engineering teams, market…

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 16:00 - 16:30

    Lightning Talks (Day 1)

    A quick series of five-minute talks where attendees can share their tips and lessons learned.

  • Monday 18th of May 2026, 16:35 - 17:00

    Day 1 wrap up

    Reflecting on the first day of the summit. Information about the optional evening plans.

Quick answers

When is Open Source Founders Summit 2026?
Open Source Founders Summit 2026 ran May 18–19, 2026 at La Rotonde Stalingrad in Paris, France.
Where is Open Source Founders Summit 2026 held?
Open Source Founders Summit 2026 was held at La Rotonde Stalingrad in Paris, France.
Who is speaking at Open Source Founders Summit 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 32 speakers, including Alexei Vladishev (Zabbix), Amandine Le Pape (Element) and Anais Concepcion (Grist).
Who sponsors Open Source Founders Summit 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 5 sponsors: Eclipse Foundation, Emily Omier Consulting, OSI, Passbolt and YottaDB.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 31 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

31 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
26Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Passbolt·Eclipse Foundation

Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles32100%

Of 32 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1PassboltSponsor2
2Eclipse FoundationSponsor1
3Emily Omier ConsultingSponsor-
4OSISponsor-
5YottaDBSponsor-
6Element2
7Grist2
8Canonical1
9Centreon1
10Collabora Productivity1
11DataKind1
12Docker1
13Dropsolid1
14Expanso1
Sponsors by tier
unspecified5
100% of 5

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