Sponsors
Sponsorship Opportunities
A big thank you to our sponsors who help to make this event happen! There are still sponsorship opportunities available. If you are interested, please see Sponsoring Akademy for more information, including valuable sponsor benefits.
Sponsors for Akademy 2026
Silver
Techpaladin Software specializes in advancing the state of the art in KDE — from KWin and portals in the Steam Deck’s desktop mode, through remote desktop and Plasma in KDE Linux. If you’ve adopted KDE software in your organization or products, and would like to sponsor custom development or maintenance, we can help!
Bronze
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the OS for most public cloud workloads as well as the emerg ing categories of smart gateways, self-driving cars and advanced robots. Canonical provides enterprise security, support and service s to commercial users of Ubuntu. Established in 2004, Canonical is a privately held company.
Trusted software excellence across embedded and desktop platforms. The KDAB Group is a globally recognized provider for software consulting, development and training, specializing in embedded devices and complex cross-platform desktop applications. In addition to being leading experts in Qt, C++ and 3D technologies for over two decades, KDAB provides deep expertise across the stack, including Linux, Rust and modern UI frameworks. With 100+ employees from 20 countries and offices in Sweden, Germany, USA, France and UK, we serve clients around the world.
Supporter
enioka Haute Couture: Businesses of all kinds have become highly dependent on their IT systems. Yet, many of them have lost control of this essential part of their assets. enioka Haute Couture specializes in mastering complex software development, whether it's due to the domain, organization, or timing of the project. We work closely with your teams to build software tailored to your needs. If we're developing it ourselves, we go the extra mile to ensure you keep control of it. We also help your teams adopt the right organization, technologies, and tools. Finally, whenever appropriate, we can help you set up free and open-source software projects or interact with existing ones. With enioka Haute Couture, you have a trusted provider who facilitates your development needs while keeping full control of your systems. No more vendor or service provider lock-in.
Media Partners
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KDE Patrons
KDE Patrons also support the KDE Community throughout the year.