Rust Foundation Member Announcement: Fledgio, QRT, Code Construct, Tor Project

DOVER, DELAWARE, September 25, 2025 – The Rust Foundation, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the performance, safety, and sustainability of the Rust programming language, is pleased to welcome three new Silver-level member organizations and one new Associate-level member organization. Rust Foundation members play an active role in the organization’s mission to steward the Rust programming language and its global community. These organizations have demonstrated their commitment to the health of Rust through their membership in the Rust Foundation. 

Please join us in welcoming the following new Rust Foundation member organizations: 

Fledgio Limited – Silver

Fledgio is a UK-based company dedicated to delivering Rust training and advisory services. They have over 25 years of experience in next-generation technology, including data, AI, cybersecurity, and systems programming. Fledgio helps organizations and individuals adopt Rust in a way that delivers clear, measurable value. Their blended sync / async delivery model of training is designed to meet clients where they are, starting with a tailored Proof-of-Value on existing architecture to assess the real-world benefits of Rust. 

“Joining the Rust Foundation was a key strategic decision for Fledgio, reflecting our deep commitment to building open, sustainable, and high-performance systems. The Foundation’s mission aligns closely with our culture — grounded in integrity, grit, curiosity, and a relentless focus on delivering and evidencing value. Our partnership with the Rust Foundation perfectly complements our broader collaborations focused on sustainability, openness in data and systems, and the democratisation of knowledge. This move affirms our resolve to remain community-driven and to have a meaningful voice in shaping one of the most vital evolutions in next-generation technology today.”
– Lawrence Freeman, Founder of Fledgio Limited

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) – Silver

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager operating across all asset classes worldwide. United by a passion for data, research, technology, and trading, they aim to deliver exceptional returns for their investors with 12 offices globally and ongoing expansion across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

“QRT is proud to join the Rust Foundation, underscoring the central role our tech capabilities play in how we innovate and deliver value to our investors. Rust has become an important part of our engineering stack, and by supporting the Foundation, we are investing in the long-term security, sustainability, and efficiency of the language and its community. This partnership highlights our ongoing commitment to open-source development.”
– Nick Harris, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Partner at QRT

Code Construct – Silver

Code Construct is a specialised software consultancy, building software and firmware systems to enable their customers’ innovations in hardware development. They have a strong focus on development and integration with open source ecosystems – both in the integration with existing components for higher-quality solutions, and community contribution & leadership for open, verifiable and sustainable product development.

“Working in hardware bringup, targeting fast-moving technologies is vital; the balance of safety and expressiveness that Rust gives us has become a huge benefit for both rapid prototyping of new concepts, as well as transforming those early sketches into secure, effective, and performant solutions for production. The Rust ecosystem has been a huge factor in the viability of Rust for our uses, through the community, tooling, infrastructure and documentation available. In joining the Rust Foundation, we hope to support the ecosystem and community behind ongoing Rust development.”
– Jeremy Kerr, Director, Code Construct

The Tor Project – Associate

The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing human rights and defending privacy online through free software and open networks. The Tor Project is currently rewriting Tor’s code base in Rust in a project called Arti: a Rust Tor implementation.

Rust Foundation Associate Members are educational institutions, public research facilities, and/or not-for-profit organizations whose missions align with the Rust Foundation’s work. Associate Members do not pay membership dues and instead engage in collaborative activities and benefit through public association with the Rust Foundation. 

Membership Resources

• View the Rust Foundation’s current base of members. 
• Learn more about the benefits of Rust Foundation membership.
• Visit the Rust Foundation’s media hub to read interviews and stories with Rust Foundation members.
• To inquire about becoming a member of the Rust Foundation, please email the team at contact@rustfoundation.org.

About the Rust Foundation

The Rust Foundation is an independent nonprofit dedicated to the safety, security, sustainability, and health of the Rust Programming language and the people who use it. Through close partnerships with organizations passionate about Rust and the growing Rust Project and community, the Rust Foundation is helping forge a better open source future with Rust. 

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