PSF Welcomes Hudson River Trading (HRT) as a Visionary Sponsor

"The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to announce that Hudson River Trading (HRT), a global leader in quantitative trading, has made a commitment to support Python and the PSF as a Visionary Sponsor. HRT's "Visionary" sponsorship—our highest tier—will help to support the foundation's core work of advancing and protecting the Python programming language and supporting a diverse and international community of Python programmers."

"Contributions at this level directly fund the critical work that keeps Python thriving, including: CPython Development: Ensuring the core language remains fast, stable, and modern. PyPI Infrastructure: Maintaining the Python Package Index, which serves billions of downloads to developers worldwide. Community Programs: Supporting Python workshops, events, and user groups globally, as well as hosting PyCon US each year. Security Initiatives: Hardening the ecosystem against supply chain vulnerabilities."

"Hudson River Trading is no stranger to the power of Python. As a leading multi-asset class quantitative trading firm, HRT relies on Python for research, data analysis, and engineering workflows. With this donation, HRT is giving back to the tools that empower their engineers and helping to ensure that Python remains flexible, effective, and welcoming in the ways that have made it one of the most popular programming languages in the world."

Hudson River Trading committed to support Python and the Python Software Foundation as a Visionary Sponsor. The highest sponsorship tier helps fund core foundation work that advances and protects the Python programming language and supports a diverse international community. Funding supports CPython development to keep the language fast, stable, and modern, and PyPI infrastructure that serves billions of downloads worldwide. It also supports community programs such as workshops, events, user groups, and hosting PyCon US each year. Security initiatives harden the ecosystem against supply chain vulnerabilities. HRT relies on Python for research, data analysis, and engineering workflows, and the sponsorship is framed as giving back to the tools enabling its engineers.

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