Mastodon2d ago

We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund 🎉

This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/

Sovereign Tech Agency funding

Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.

Mastodon Blog
Show threadJohn Poole2d ago
@Mastodon @sovtechfund Who owns or controls the Sovereign Tech Agency? In other words, where is the money coming from?
Show threadPaul-Vincent Roll (he/him)1d ago
@VogueLaGalere @Mastodon @sovtechfund why not simply go to the website and check? ;) https://www.sovereign.tech/faq
FAQ | Sovereign Tech Agency

Sovereign Tech Agency
Show threadJohn Poole1d ago
@paul @Mastodon @sovtechfund Because I am completely unfamiliar with what the institution is, hence my question. I do know of a Saudi Arabian fund that is referred to as "sovereign" and that concerned me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund So your response assumes I have knowledge of which fund, which I did not.
Public Investment Fund - Wikipedia

Show threadGharbeia, Ⓐ

@VogueLaGalere @paul @Mastodon @sovtechfund
In the case you refer to, an investment fund is owned by the sovereign (basically the state). It's a class of which there are many instances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_wealth_fund

In the other case, "sovereign" is an adjective to "tech[nology]".

This is an ambiguity of the English language due to the endings of words being non-marked.

Sovereign wealth fund - Wikipedia

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