Titanium Sponsor
ExpressVPN
Since 2009, ExpressVPN has empowered millions of users to take control of their internet experience. The company’s award-winning consumer VPN service is backed by its open-source VPN protocol, Lightway, delivering user privacy in just a few clicks. ExpressVPN’s Keys password manager, Aircove router range, and Identity Defender tools make digital privacy and security easy and accessible for all. ExpressVPN’s products have been extensively vetted by third-party experts, including PwC, Cure53, KPMG, and others. ExpressVPN has been part of Kape Technologies since 2021. To learn more about ExpressVPN’s industry-leading privacy and security solutions, visit [www.expressvpn.com](www.expressvpn.com).
Gold Sponsor
CloudMosa
From Cultivating Technology to Creating Ultimate Performance and World-Class Products Founded in 2009, CloudMosa has focused on cloud technology R&D for over 15 years, striving to bring high-performance computing to all end-user devices. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, its development teams span North America and Asia, collaborating across borders to build world-class software products. CloudMosa's flagship product, Puffin Browser, delivers a fast and secure browsing experience, with over 200 million downloads and users in more than 100 countries. CloudMosa believes that information equity should not be limited by device quality or economic conditions — a belief that underpins the technologies it continues to refine. Cloud Phone: Bringing the Digital World to the Underserved In 2023, building on its core technology, CloudMosa launched a next-generation product — Cloud Phone. Designed specifically for feature phones, Cloud Phone is an app store platform similar to Google Play or the App Store, but without relying on local hardware resources. Powered by CloudMosa’s proprietary browser engine, Cloud Phone can run any web-based application written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with full support for mainstream frameworks like React, Vue, and modern JavaScript libraries — offering great convenience for developers. Since its official release in April 2024, Cloud Phone has seen explosive growth in emerging markets. Within just a few months, it has gained millions of users in countries such as India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and South Africa, clearly demonstrating the product’s precise market positioning and the urgent demand it addresses.
PremiumSoft CyberTech Limited
Navicat is an industry-leading and award-winning database management and development tool. Our top-rated product, Navicat Premium, allows seamless connections to multiple databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, Redis, and Snowflake, all from a single application. Its native user interface delivers a streamlined experience, making database design, management, and maintenance easier than ever. Whether you're executing complex queries, performing data migrations, aligning data models with databases, or leveraging powerful business intelligence tools for insightful analysis, Navicat Premium provides the essential tools for optimal database performance and increased productivity. More than 50% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Navicat every day! We strive to continue delivering excellent products and services and consistently launch new features and innovations to help our customers maintain their competitive edge in their industry.
E.SUN Bank
E.SUN Bank, established in 1992 and named after Taiwan’s highest mountain, is dedicated to customer-centric values and committed to developing financial strategies centered around technology and ESG. With more than 1,300 technology professionals forming a technology team responsible for overall digital development, AI applications, IT research, and information security management, we are the first bank in Taiwan to deeply integrate AI into various businesses and the first bank to build our core system using cloud-native technology and a microservices architecture. In recent years, E.SUN Bank has demonstrated outstanding comprehensive performance, winning a total of 8 major awards at the 12th Elite Awards for Taiwan Banking Excellence, which maintain our industry-leading record in total awards received. From Taiwan to Asia, E.SUN Bank steadily grows with flexible strategies and efficient execution, creating sustained value for our customers and moving toward a future of sustainability.
Web Consortium Asia Pacific (WCAP)
Web Consortium Asia Pacific (WCAP) is founded to promote the W3C, development of the web, and its standards throughout Asia Pacific. WCAP contributes to the development of the Web through various activities for W3C members and the Web community, and operates projects related to W3C standards awareness and to promote industrial penetration and actual implementation. To fullfill these projects, WCAP organizes Web development traing and conference related to W3C standards.
Information Management Association
Information Management Association - Founded in 1982, IMA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to advancing Taiwan’s digital competitiveness. - Since 2022, the association has been chaired by Rock Tsai, CIO of Taiwan Mobile. - Our members: .Industrial Enterprises: AMD, Phison, Taiwan Mobile, Fubon Bank, etc. .IT Solution Providers: Top 10 SI companies such as Systex Group, WITS, Syscom Group, MetaAge Group In 2024, IMA launched the ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Alliance and has been actively contributing to the AI industry's development. To strengthen Taiwan’s leadership in IT, open source, and AI, IMA connects industry, talent, and government through 4 key initiatives in 2025: - IT Matters Awards: Recognizing exemplary IT employers and practices - Taiwan Tongues: Building an open, multilingual corpus for AI training - Open Source Taiwan Network: Promoting OSS collaboration, community building, and global visibility - Robot MIT: Building a coalition of Taiwanese companies to develop and launch a Made-in-Taiwan wheeled-leg robot IMA remains committed to advancing IT value, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and positioning Taiwan at the forefront of the global digital landscape.
Osystem Information CO., LTD.
Osystem Information is a professional team focused on AI and digital transformation, serving a diverse range of industries across Taiwan, including manufacturing, finance, and the public sector. We specialize in enterprise data platforms, AI platforms, and the adoption of cloud-native technologies. Our integrated services cover system deployment, network security, and system maintenance, helping businesses establish a data-driven, intelligent foundation for operations. As the official distributor of Synx Data Labs in Taiwan, Osystem promotes and distributes SynxDB, an enterprise unified platform built on the open-source data platform Cloudberry, natively supporting AI with high scalability and flexibility. Our technical expertise covers infrastructure, data platforms such as Greenplum, MongoDB, Trino, Cloudberry, and the container platform Kubernetes. We also collaborate with global tech leaders including Dell EMC, HPE, RedHat, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, and Nutanix. We are committed to delivering stable and reliable digital solutions to help enterprises accelerate their transformation and move forward together into the AI era.
Retronix Technology Inc.
Founded in 2006, Retronix Technologies Inc. specializes in intelligent automotive electronics and is the first Taiwanese company to launch embedded solutions based on the Renesas R-Car platform. With strong expertise in software-hardware integration, the company has delivered Camera Monitoring Systems (CMS) and digital clusters, covering ECU architecture design, ISP image signal processing, and custom system development. Retronix is committed to empowering OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers with high-performance, low-power, and reliable smart vehicle solutions—serving as a trusted partner in the evolution of intelligent mobility.
Cathay Financial Holdings
Cathay Financial Holdings is Taiwan’s leading financial institution, driven by the vision of becoming a premier financial group in the Asia-Pacific region. Cathay Financial Holdings has played a significant role in diverse sectors in Taiwan, through our subsidiaries including Cathay Life Insurance, Cathay United Bank, Cathay Century Insurance, Cathay Securities, and Cathay Securities Investment Trust. Through its core strategy of building a regional financial platform, Cathay aims to provide customers with integrated financial services. At the same time, Cathay is accelerating digital transformation across the group with a data-driven and innovation-led approach. By empowering its subsidiaries to offer seamless, cross-industry financial solutions, Cathay is redefining the customer experience in today’s digital era. In recent years, Cathay has invested heavily in building a solid big data infrastructure and embracing emerging technologies. By integrating group-wide capabilities, Cathay delivers innovative, customer-centric financial services powered by data and technology. Cathay and its subsidiaries have received numerous prestigious international awards, including being the only Taiwanese company named among the Top 100 of Forbes' “2024 World’s Best Employers”. Other accolades include recognition from “Asian Banking & Finance”, “Global Business Magazine”, “The Asset”, and the “Stevie Awards”, among others.
Amazon Web Service
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
Tenstorrent
Tenstorrent builds high-performance AI computers based on RISC-V architecture and has an open-source software stack. We also support open infrastructure, from firmware to processor documentation. Tenstorrent delivers full-stack AI compute solutions: chips, workstations, systems, software, and IP licensing.
Framework Computer
At Framework, we believe the time has come for products that are designed to last. Founded in San Francisco in 2020, our mission is to remake Consumer Electronics to respect people and the planet. We've started with two award-winning products: the Framework Laptop 13 and 16. Our laptops are thin, light, high-performance notebooks that can be upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that no other notebook can. Alongside this, we've launched the Framework Marketplace to enable an ecosystem of parts and modules. In 2025, we added two new products to our lineup: The Framework Laptop 12, a 2-in-1 convertible with a 12.2" touchscreen and stylus support, and our first non-laptop product, the highly customizable and powerful Framework Desktop, a compact system for gamers and ML enthusiasts.
Silver Sponsor
Gamesofa Inc.
Gamesofa was founded in 2005, and through excellence in core web technologies, has developed over 30 multiplayer games across multiple platforms including web, iOS and Android. It has cemented its reputation as Taiwan's leading game development company. Gamesofa's motto, "Fun in Five Minutes" reflects the company's core philosophy. It successfully brought Taiwan its very first online web Mahjong game “Gamesofa Mahjong,” and is breaking into markets in Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and North America with Texas Hold’em, local card game, and Social casino slots apps. Gamesofa boasts a user base of over 75 million registered users worldwide, and over 2 million daily active users. In addition to its constant drive to innovate in game development, Gamesofa has become an industry leader at employing data analysis to drive operational decisions. This allows product development, operations, and marketing teams to use data analysis tools and model projections to quickly grasp emerging situations and draw up strategies. Gamesofa is a company full of youth, passion, and proficiency.
Linux Professional Institute
Linux Professional Institute is a non profit organization. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals. With more than 250,000 certification holders, it’s the world’s first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body. LPI has certified professionals in over 180 countries, delivers exams in multiple languages, and has hundreds of training partners. Our mission is to promote the use of open source by supporting the people who work with it.
Bronze Sponsor
The Archilife Research Foundation
Since 1987, the Archilife Research Foundation started long-term researches in architecture, sustainability, and go on to other areas of knowledge integration. Efforts including previously giving scholarships in aforementioned areas, and currently holding reading group meetings and communion events for knowledge keepers to better our understandings of the world. Starting from 2011, we also have been sponsoring various open source related events, holding meetups and game jams for local game developers’ groups, in the hope of supporting the growth of relevant communities in these fields.
Berry AI
Berry AI is dedicated to leveraging computer vision and AI technologies to help quick-service restaurant (QSR) operators analyze service workflows and improve operations. Our team is made up of passionate AI and software engineers from top universities and major tech companies around the world. We are backed by Flytech Technology, a publicly listed company in Taiwan and one of the world’s top three POS manufacturers, providing us with stable financial resources, customer connections, and technical support. Berry AI serves several of the world’s top ten fast-food chains. In 2025, we signed a full-brand rollout agreement with Zaxby’s, covering nearly 1,000 locations across the U.S., further demonstrating our solution's market trust and scalability. Both our business and team are growing rapidly. For more information, please visit berry-ai.com.
Friend Sponsor
Andes Technology
As a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International and a leader in commercial CPU IP, Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533; SIN: US03420C2089; ISIN: US03420C1099)。is driving the global adoption of RISC-V. Andes’ extensive RISC-V Processor IP portfolio spans from ultra-efficient 32-bit CPUs to high-performance 64-bit Out-of-Order multiprocessor coherent clusters. With advanced vector processing, DSP capabilities, the powerful Andes Automated Custom Extension (ACE) framework, end-to-end AI hardware/software stack, ISO 26262 certification with full compliance, and a robust software ecosystem, Andes unlocks the full potential of RISC-V, empowering customers to accelerate innovation across AI, automotive, communications, consumer electronics, data centers, and mobile devices. Over 16 billion Andes-powered SoCs are driving innovations globally. Discover more at https://www.andestech.com and connect with Andes on LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Glows.ai
Glows.ai is a next-generation AI infrastructure platform designed for AI developers and teams. Powered by proprietary hybrid virtualization technology, it supports multi-task partitioning and multi-GPU chaining, accelerating the training and deployment of generative AI, robotics, and large language models. The platform integrates a heterogeneous distributed inference architecture, connecting personal devices, enterprise environments, and data centers to build a unified Virtual Data Center (VDC) for flexible and on-demand compute resource allocation. Glows.ai focuses on building AI infrastructure and is committed to providing developers and organizations worldwide with high-performance, flexible, and easy-to-access computing resources. The platform has established strategic partnerships with AI compute centers across multiple countries, creating a cross-regional compute network to accelerate AI model training and inference deployment. Through a serverless architecture and a global scheduling system, Glows.ai intelligently orchestrates computing resources from around the world, delivering real-time, efficient, energy-saving, and cost-effective AI computing services.
Skymizer
About Skymizer Skymizer is a semiconductor IP provider enabling intelligent computing everywhere. With deep expertise in compiler technology and silicon architecture, Skymizer delivers efficient, scalable AI acceleration solutions for the next generation of smart devices.
Co-host Sponsor
Taiwan Tech ECE
Our university is recognized as an application-oriented research-type international university. In line with this university axis, our department's development goal is to educate high-tech personnel and supply delicate application technology. With this, our department will play a role of connecting basic technology and industrial application. As part of our government's technology policy and the internationalization of education, we will continue to emphasize practical application in our department. With a “combination of theory and application” and “balance on IQ and EQ,” electronic specialists with “international view and creation capability” will be trained in our department. These engineers will be able to design, manufacture, maintain, and test the systems and elements in electronics, information communication, and photo-electronics. With the “professional topics for undergraduate students,” “cooperation projects from the industry,” and “the enforcement of the manufacturing ability of students,” our professors will help the industry to develop their required technologies. We will be able to boost the energy of our research ability, develop our specialization, and lift our industry's global competitiveness through cooperation with neighboring educational and research institutions.
Co-organizer Sponsor
Open Culture Foundation
(The) Open Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization. Through promoting open technology and cross-field collaboration, we continue to connect tech communities and other public and private entities in Taiwan. By doing so, we work to promote open co-creation and protect digital rights, and thereby support a more transparent and inclusive digital civil society. Since 2014, we have functioned as a legal entity and supported over 30 open technology communities in Taiwan. Throughout this process, we have not only continued to promote the idea of open technology, we have also become involved in policy advocacy and spoken up for the public's digital rights. Through this process, we have created a base for the development of open technology in Taiwan. None of these successes are the result of OCF alone. Rather, they are the result of several open tech communities, individuals and organizations working together to make Taiwan's internet and digital environment more open, transparent, and participation.
Special-thanks Sponsor
HackMD
HackMD is a documentation-based developer community that helps devs collaborate with their team and communicate with their users, all in Markdown. The real-time online editor is designed for people who value effortless collaboration. It streamlines the documentation process with simple onboarding, lightweight design, and robust integrations with tools like GitHub and Arweave. Companies around the world trust HackMD to increase the adoption of their products by turning the one-way documentation reading experience into an interactive and engaging relationship with their users. Accelerate innovation, streamline your workflow, and bring your projects to life with HackMD
JetBrains
JetBrains is the creator of IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper, GoLand, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm and Kotlin. We create industry leading software development tools. For over 20 years we have strived to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on Earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our products speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover and create. Today, eight million customers in 225 countries trust our tools.
TapPay (Cherri Tech, Inc.)
TapPay (Cherri Tech), a leading Asian payment technology provider, serves over 20,000 merchants and 18 acquiring banks. In 2023, we achieved an annual Gross Payment Volume of USD 3.2 billion. TapPay's unified API connects e-commerce platforms to e-wallets, alternative payment methods (APMs), and mobile payments like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. 【Achievement】 ● 2016 PCI DSS Level 1 ● 2017 KPMG Fintech100 ● 2018 TSP partner of Visa and Mastercard Asia Pacific. ● 2023 Tap to Pay on iPhone, The first wave of Apple's overseas PSP Partner; 2023 APICTA Winner Award (Business Services)
iCHEF
We build the best restaurant POS in the world, and keep making it better. Believing technology should help but handicap entrepreneurship, iCHEF works with thousands of restaurants’ owners to design and deliver POS technology and service that helps every restaurant to prevail in their own way. Turning enterprise level technologies into affordable and understandable for small restaurants, iCHEF is making opening restaurant a better business.