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IBM and Red Hat pledge $5B to secure the open-source supply chain

development2026-05-29

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IBM and Red Hat pledged $5 billion and 20,000 engineers to Project Lightwell, an AI clearinghouse to secure the open-source supply chain.

Reported metric: $5B / 20,000 engineers

Reporting date: 2026-05-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 29, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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IBM and Red Hat pledge $5B to secure the open-source supply chain
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Reporting date: 2026-05-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-29-five-billion-to-secure-the-open-source-supply-chain
Claim: IBM and Red Hat pledged $5 billion and 20,000 engineers to Project Lightwell, an AI clearinghouse to secure the open-source supply chain.
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- Welcome to May 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-29-2026
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