Great news for Apache Arrow! On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM Nic Crane <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fantastic, well done for making this happen! > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 23:36 Ruoxi Sun, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Great news! Thanks to all the people and organizations who made this > > possible. > > > > *Regards,* > > *Rossi SUN* > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM Li Jin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Congrats and great news! > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM Uwe L. Korn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Awesome, nice to see that this also helps Arrow! > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025, at 7:04 PM, Jacob Wujciak wrote: > > > > > Awesome, great work! > > > > > Dankeschön! > > > > > > > > > > Am Di., 7. Okt. 2025 um 17:43 Uhr schrieb Wes McKinney < > > > > [email protected] > > > > >>: > > > > > > > > > >> Great news for the project! > > > > >> > > > > >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM William Ayd < > [email protected] > > > > >> .invalid> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > Great work and congratulations! > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Sent from my iPhone > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On Oct 7, 2025, at 10:38 AM, Ian Cook <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Big thanks to the team at QuantStack for initiating this! > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Ian > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM Jonathan Keane < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> Wonderful news, congratulations! > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> -Jon > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM Rok Mihevc < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> This is great news and hopefully a sign of a trend. > > > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> Best, > > > > >> > >>> Rok > > > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM Antoine Pitrou < > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > >> > >> wrote: > > > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> Hello, > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> We would like to announce that the German government-backed > > > > >> Sovereign > > > > >> > >>>> Tech Agency has decided to fund critical maintenance and > > > > >> > >>>> infrastructure-related tasks for Apache Arrow. The grant is > > > > handled > > > > >> by > > > > >> > >>>> QuantStack, a French and European open source scientific > > > software > > > > >> > >>>> company which employs two Arrow PMC members, Raúl Cumplido > > and > > > I. > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> This allows funding core work that is unlikely to be paid > for > > > by > > > > >> > >> regular > > > > >> > >>>> corporate clients, and represents around 0.8 FTE during 2 > > > years. > > > > >> > >>>> As a matter of fact, we have already started working on > some > > of > > > > the > > > > >> > >>>> items planned by this grant. I am improving the fuzzing > setup > > > for > > > > >> the > > > > >> > >>>> IPC and Parquet readers in C++, while Raúl is doing a lot > of > > > > >> important > > > > >> > >>>> background work on continuous integration and release > > > management. > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> You can find a more detailed announcement here: > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > https://medium.com/@QuantStack/sovereign-tech-agency-invests-in-apache-arrows-future-with-quantstack-d2f84c21c2cc > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> Feel free to repost! > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> Regards > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> Antoine. > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>>> > > > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
