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Critical open source infrastructure supports most commercial products, but businesses refuse to fund it

Critical open source infrastructure supports most commercial products, but businesses refuse to fund it
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EXANTE, a European multi asset broker and financial technology provider, warns that open source software has quietly become critical infrastructure for modern enterprises, powering around 70 percent of software stacks while remaining dangerously underfunded. Small volunteer teams maintain essential libraries that global financial systems unknowingly rely on, creating hidden single points of failure. AI accelerates both development and cyber threats, enabling attackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities faster than ever. EXANTE argues that businesses must treat open source as infrastructure, contributing not only money but also engineering time, audits and testing. The company launched the Gecko Fund to support critical OSS projects and calls for formalized industry wide funding structures.

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