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Hans India
3 days ago
- Business
- Hans India
The Linux Foundation Marks 2025 Momentum of LF India with Expanding Ecosystem, Engaged Communities and AI-Fueled Innovation
One year after its inaugural launch at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India, LF India celebrates its first year of open source investment, engagement, and momentum across the Indian technology ecosystem. Joined by new foundations including AgStack , LF AI & Data , FinOps Foundation , FINOS , O3DE , and OpenInfra Foundation , LF India is now home to over a dozen active sub-foundations supporting vertical industries and horizontal technologies in the region - from cloud and security to blockchain, AI, and manufacturing. LF India has played a critical role in supporting India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) mission, which is built on the principle of open, accessible, and interoperable systems. Supported by the first five foundations to join - CNCF , LF Decentralized Trust , LF Edge , LF Networking , and OpenSSF - LF India has helped to accelerate shared development across telecommunications, finance, blockchain, energy, cloud, and cybersecurity verticals. Today, this focus is expanding with new foundations into LF India, signalling momentum across global economic drivers including artificial intelligence, agriculture, and manufacturing. 'With a wealth of developer talent, investment in open source at the highest level of government and benefits of major economic impact, India is well positioned to be a leader in open source innovation,' said Arpit Joshipura, Head of LF India. 'LF India exists to further this mission through strategic membership growth, upstream contributions and community activation.' Since its launch in December 2024, LF India has: Welcomed six new sub-foundations in 2025, including AgStack, LF AI & Data, FinOps Foundation, FINOS,O3DE, and OpenInfra Foundation. Promoted and supported developer days and events, including webinars, meetups, and India's first OpenSSF Community Day. Enabled new India-led open source contributions across decentralized identity, secure finance, and digital trust through LF Decentralized Trust. Supported rapid regional growth in Kubernetes and cloud-native adoption, reflected by 362 in-person meetups,188 virtual events, and 45 active CNCF chapters. Innovated in the Telecommunication space with 5G and AI through IOS-MCN project as well as the LFN platinum Member Infosys contribution of cutting edge AI projects - Essedum and Salus to the Linux Foundation. Participated in the publication of LF Decentralized Trust – India 2025 ebook and Webinar highlighting LF Decentralized Trust's local members and India Regional Chapter: India's leadership in decentralized technologies: Innovation, collaboration and real-world impact Expanded education access with targeted training and sandbox labs designed to upskill India's fast-growing developer community. From Consumption to Contribution: A Call to Action India now hosts over 17 million open source developers on GitHub , representing a 28% increase—the fastest globally. But while consumption of open source in India is booming, strategic influence and contribution remain uneven. Through investment in training and local events , and supporting India-specific priorities through upstream collaboration, LF India is bridging the gap between participation and leadership. 'To help move India forward as a global leader in open source, we are investing in the full spectrum of open source innovation and expanding from our foundational work in digital public infrastructure to new frontiers like AI, agriculture, and manufacturing,' continued Joshipura. 'Over the next year, LF India will expand deeper into vertical industries and critical infrastructure to grow India's role as a global contributor and strategic influencer.'
Associated Press
18-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Interop Labs Joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
'Open-source approaches will be essential in the next phase of blockchain development, and the Axelar community has shown a strong commitment to building an open-source stack,' said Sergey Gorbunov, CEO of Interop Labs and co-founder of Axelar Protocol. 'We at Interop Labs are proud to support the Linux Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust to advance transparency, reliability, security and efficiency in future iterations of the internet.' Interop Labs is a systems and product development company dedicated to enabling an open, interconnected Web – and is the initial developer and a core contributor to the Axelar network, a leading blockchain interoperability protocol. Recently, Interop Labs Head of Legal, Jason Rozovsky, presented to the LF Decentralized Trust community at a workshop meeting hosted by Kinexys by J.P. Morgan. The talk, 'Connection Without Custody: Axelar and Multichain Security,' focused on the security and compliance advantages inherent in open-source and noncustodial blockchain interoperability. 'Decentralization is the key attribute driving institutional interest in blockchain networks. From a business perspective, decentralization provides censorship-resistant asset storage and transfer, strengthening security,' Rozovsky said. 'From a policy perspective, decentralization ensures that infrastructure remains insulated from risks associated with centralized intermediaries. We at Interop Labs are looking forward to contributing to the Linux Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust from the perspective of a decentralized interoperability builder.' Rozovsky and noted blockchain legal expert Lewis Rinaudo Cohen, partner at Cahill Gordon and co-chair of CahillNXT, co-authored a white paper on how decentralized blockchains can represent not a threat, but an opportunity and a paradigm shift for regulators. Download and read the white paper at LF Decentralized Trust has gathered a global roster of leaders and major institutions in finance and technology: Mastercard, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Ripple, the Ethereum Foundation and several central banks – to name a few. Interop Labs joins this group at the forefront of defining the resilience and security of critical systems that will reshape markets and transform industries for a digital-first economy. About Axelar Axelar is the Web3 interoperability platform, delivering the shortest path to scale: an open stack to connect all blockchains. Adopters include Uniswap, Microsoft and dozens of natively multichain startups with a combined total value locked (TVL) that has crossed $1 billion. Axelar supports a best-in-class developer stack on a cross-chain layer that is open, scalable and secure. Backers include Binance, Coinbase, Dragonfly, Galaxy and Polychain. Learn more: About Interop Labs Interop Labs is a systems and product development company dedicated to enabling an open, interconnected Web. The company was founded in 2021 on the belief that open-source, heterogeneous, interconnected systems have the power to nurture innovation and creativity for the betterment of all humankind. Interop Labs builds, invests in and incubates innovative projects pushing the boundaries of blockchain interoperability, cryptography and machine learning – including as a core contributor to the Axelar network, a leading interoperability protocol. Learn more: PR Director, Market Waves SOURCE: Interop Labs Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 03/18/2025 09:33 AM/DISC: 03/18/2025 09:32 AM
