Rust contributor Kobzol says Sovereign Tech Fellowship funding has restarted a year of upstream Rust maintenance work after prior open-source funding ended, including compiler, tooling, CI, mentoring, governance, and maintainer-funding efforts.
Sovereign Tech Fellowship for Rust maintenance (June-July 2026 report)
Rust contributor Kobzol says Sovereign Tech Fellowship funding has restarted a year of upstream Rust maintenance work after prior open-source funding ended, including compiler, tooling, CI, mentoring, governance, and maintainer-funding efforts.
Source: Kobzol