Omacom Foundation Launches with $8M

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The Omacom Foundation has launched with $8 million in funding from eight prominent tech leaders to support open-source projects and make a malleable computer experience, like Omarchy Quattro, more widely available, aiming to fulfill the 'Year of Linux on the Desktop'.

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# Omacom Foundation launches with $8 million Source: [https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/](https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/) It’s time to dream big\. Omarchy Quattro has given people a chance to experience what the malleable computer of the future looks like, and they like it \(a lot\!\)\. It now feels like a moral obligation to make this future more broadly available and fundamentally change how people relate to their computers for the first time in what seems like forever\. To do just that, I’m incorporating the Omacom Foundation to ensure that this mission is fully funded, durable, and ready to accelerate\. This nonprofit foundation will hold the trademarks, fund the infrastructure, promote the work, and support the open\-source projects and developers Omarchy depends on\. These eight Founding Patrons are each contributing $1 million to this mission: - [Tobi Lütke](https://x.com/tobi), CEO of[Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/) - [Patrick Collison](https://x.com/patrickc), CEO of[Stripe](https://stripe.com/) - [Michael Dell](https://x.com/MichaelDell), Chairman and CEO of[Dell Technologies](https://www.dell.com/) - [Jack Dorsey](https://x.com/jack), Block Head and Chairman of[Block](https://block.xyz/) - [Matthew Prince](https://x.com/eastdakota), CEO of[Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/) - [Brendan Iribe](https://x.com/brendaniribe), Cofounder of[Sesame](https://www.sesame.com/)and Oculus - [Jason Fried](https://x.com/jasonfried), CEO of[37signals](https://37signals.com/) - Yours truly This is a ridiculous sum of money, so I intend to make sure it lasts a long time, and that we make the most of it\. But just as important as the incredible cushion is the vote of confidence delivered by these pledges\. We’re going to make the prophecy of The Year of Linux on the Desktop come true\. All the pieces are now in place\. Time to go all in\!

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