Setting Up an Open Source Fund - Key Learnings from NVIDIA's OSPO Initiative

Learn about NVIDIA's initiative to establish an Open Source Fund in this 11-minute conference talk from All Things Open 2024. Discover how NVIDIA's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is structuring financial support for external open source projects, with a focus on one-time expenses and CI/CD infrastructure needs. Explore the company's extensive open source involvement, including their portfolio of over 750 projects and contributions to major platforms like Linux kernel, Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes, and TensorFlow. Gain valuable insights into the fund's development process, its role in encouraging employee participation through project nominations, and how it complements NVIDIA's existing support for foundations such as the Linux Foundation, PSF, PyTorch Foundation, and NumFocus. Understand the strategic approach to strengthening open source community engagement through targeted financial support and organizational involvement.