Google Open Source Programs Office
Bring the value of open source to Google and the resources of Google to open source by supporting innovation, collaboration, and sustainability.
At a Glance
- Software Developers
- Non-profit Foundations
- Healthcare Technology
- Cybersecurity Professionals
AI Tools by Google Open Source Programs Office
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LangExtract
LLM Structured Text Extraction Library
agents-cli
CLI for Google Cloud AI Agents
A2UI
Open Source Agent UI Protocol
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Products & Services
A Python library for extracting structured information from unstructured text using LLMs with precise source grounding.
A global program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development through mentorship and stipends.
A program that provides grants to open source projects to improve their documentation and documentation processes.
An open-source vulnerability database and schema designed to improve vulnerability management in open source.
Market Position
Google's OSPO is a leader in corporate open source participation, positioning itself as a primary contributor to infrastructure (Kubernetes, Go) and AI (TensorFlow) to drive industry standards.
Leadership
Founders
Chris DiBona
Founder of Google's Open Source Programs Office. Previously at Slashdot and VA Linux. Led Google's open source efforts for 18 years.
Executive Team
Stormy Peters
Head of Open Source Strategy & Marketing
Previously VP of Developer Relations at Mozilla and Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation.
Stephanie Taylor
Head of Google Summer of Code
Senior Program Manager at Google with over a decade of experience leading global open source mentorship programs.
Founding Story
Started in 2004 primarily as a compliance effort to manage Google's use of open source software and ensure legal adherence, it evolved into a strategic office for community engagement and project management.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Internal/Strategic. Funded by Google (Alphabet Inc.) to support ecosystem growth, talent recruitment, and standardization.
Pricing Tiers
Projects are released under permissive licenses like Apache 2.0 or MIT.
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- Non-profit Foundations
- Healthcare Technology
- Cybersecurity Professionals
- Open source developers
- Digital health organizations
- Software security researchers
- Students entering the tech industry
- Over 1,000 open source organizations have participated in Google Summer of Code
- 225+ open source projects use OSS-Fuzz
- Hundreds of organizations supported through sponsorships and grants
- Notable projects supported include: Linux kernel, Apache Foundation projects, Python Software Foundation, NumFOCUS projects, Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects, Eclipse Foundation projects, and many others