<![CDATA[I am very happy to finally be able to announce this.]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116402716327956884

I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. We are working hard (you can’t imagine) to secure funding to continue to improve Mastodon, and are very grateful that amazing organisation like @sovtechfund invest in open-source, and especially Mastodon.

Developing open-source software is hard (and it is not becoming easier) and quality software requires a lot of hard work. Our team is growing and we are delivering more polished features than ever, and we continue to try to push it further

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9f6bda42-421c-4f35-b395-32b17d3ef3cd/i-am-very-happy-to-finally-be-able-to-announce-this.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 13:22:50 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2026 21:08:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:28:19 GMT]]>@renchap @sovtechfund Super excited to hear about the FIRES work. Feel free to use https://fires.1sland.social for testing/consuming various datasets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://olifant.social/users/oli/statuses/01KP71R0SKY9N32FTC0WK5S4ERhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://olifant.social/users/oli/statuses/01KP71R0SKY9N32FTC0WK5S4ERTue, 14 Apr 2026 22:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:24:10 GMT]]>@renchap @sovtechfund

You and your team are amazing Renaud!

Thank you, and keep up the amazing work!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/116405400434631730https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/116405400434631730Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:24:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:27:43 GMT]]>@renchap Really amazing news, and well-deserved. Congratulations!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116405178404047287https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116405178404047287Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:27:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:21:03 GMT]]>@renchap Thanks to all the team for all the work you've already done and will do in the future. It means a lot!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.simounet.net/users/simounet/statuses/116405152195674580https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.simounet.net/users/simounet/statuses/116405152195674580Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:11:52 GMT]]>@sovtechfund Working on grant requests is not what I enjoy the most, but right now Mastodon is in a good and desirable position to apply to programs like this one, that allow us to plan in the long run and hire full time people to work on such projects.

And it’s really motivating to see that more and more governments and non-profits are seeking into funding projects like ours, because fighting big tech and VC-funded platforms with only donations is a challenge that we did not (yet) solve fully

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oisaur.com/users/renchap/statuses/116405116132194748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oisaur.com/users/renchap/statuses/116405116132194748Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:11:52 GMT