Recruiting & Talent

Open Source Founders Summit 2026

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pen 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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32Voices
5Underwriters
0Exhibitors
21On the bill · sessions
31Companies · in total
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The Voices

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

— and 10 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Eclipse Foundation
Emily Omier Consulting
OSI
Passbolt
YottaDB
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The Programme

Selected from 21 sessions on the bill.
  • 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.

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
2All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
26Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Passbolt·Eclipse Foundation

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority
  • Other roles32100%

Of 32 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01PassboltSp2V
  2. 02Eclipse FoundationSp1V
  3. 03Emily Omier ConsultingSp
  4. 04OSISp
  5. 05YottaDBSp
  6. 06Element2V
  7. 07Grist2V
  8. 08Canonical1V
  9. 09Centreon1V
  10. 10Collabora Productivity1V
  11. 11DataKind1V
  12. 12Docker1V
  13. 13Dropsolid1V
  14. 14Expanso1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified5
100% of 5

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