Tools: Open Source Sovereign Tech Fund Invests In Scala

We’re truly excited to share that Scala has received an investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund to strengthen Scala’s long-term security, maintenance, and developer experience.

The work is coordinated by the Scala Center and runs for two years, with a total investment of €377,300.

The Sovereign Tech Fund is a program of the Sovereign Tech Agency that globally invests in open software components that build our core digital infrastructure.

The Sovereign Tech Agency is the first publicly funded organization in Europe that supports the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital infrastructures. It is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation and is a subsidiary of SPRIND, the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation.

The Sovereign Tech Agency’s mission is to strengthen the open source ecosystem sustainably, focusing on resilience, technological diversity, and the people behind the code as foundations for a future-ready economy and modern society.

The Sovereign Tech Fund identifies and invests in open source software components that enable the creation of software, and supports key technologies with broad societal importance. Since October 2022, the Sovereign Tech Fund has invested a total of around €34 million in 95 critical technology projects.

Scala is widely used to build and operate essential systems across multiple industries. These systems include data pipelines and distributed applications, and some are in highly regulated environments like finance and public services. In these contexts, reliability is paramount. The safety, sustainability, and evolution of the Scala language and its tooling directly impact systems that people and institutions rely on every day.

This is why, in 2016, the Scala Center was founded with a clear mission: to make the Scala open-source ecosystem stronger, more resilient, and sustainable over the long term. Thanks to the continued support of Scala Center industry partners (through the Advisory Board program), EPFL, and the worldwide Scala contributor community, the ecosystem continues to grow stronger every day.

And today, with the Sovereign Tech Fund’s investment in Scala, this commitment is reinforced at a public-infrastructure level. We are very thankful that the Fund’s support recognizes Scala as critical digital infrastructure and enables sustained, focused work on the language’s core foundations over the coming years.

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Source: HackerNews