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Quansight Labs Annual Report 2023: Building for Ecosystem-wide Impact and Sustainability

Published February 28, 2024

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Pavithra Eswaramoorthy

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Tania Allard

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Irina Fumarel

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Ralf Gommers

We're very excited to present the Quansight Labs Annual Report for 2023!

Join us as we reflect on our initiatives and achievements from the past year and organizational steps toward meeting our mission.

Check the following infographic for a quick summary, and download the full report at the end.

At a Glance: Quansight Labs Annual Report 2023 Section heading: Our mission The mission of Quansight Labs is to sustain and grow community-driven open source projects and ecosystems, with a focus on the core of the PyData stack and on tools and digital infrastructure for data science, ML/AI, and scientific computing. Section heading: Our Community We worked on 35+ open-source projects Logos for conda, Hypothesis, Numba, SciPy, JupyterLab, Napari, SymPy, scikit-learn, Bokeh, IPython, NumPy, Panel, Cython, DataAPIs, JAX, PyTorch, pandas, Nebari, conda-store, CuPy, PaPyri, PyData Sphinx Theme, conda-forge, Polars, OpenBLAS, CPython, PyTorch Ignite, Spyder, Project Jupyter, Matplotlib, Meson, stdlib, NumFOCUS’ Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing, and the Python Software Foundation. We worked on community-driven open source projects for 38,000+ hours, out of which, ~22% were directly funded by Quansight Labs A plot shows hours spent per funding source, where 30087 hours were externally funded and 8321 hours were Labs funded Section heading: Inside Labs Our 2023 focus areas: Python packaging, Access-centered practices, Multiple library support Following a co-ownership approach to governance, senior Labs members shared ownership and accountability for particular focus areas In the 3rd iteration of our open source internship program, we welcomed 6 interns A plot shows that in 2023, 2022, and 2021, the internship program had 12, 11, and 8 mentors, and 6, 6, and 7 interns, respectively. For the long-term sustainability of our ecosystem, we ensure: Funds follow community roadmaps and decisions, and work is done transparently; Investment in foundational infrastructure (e.g., packaging) and initiatives (e.g., interoperability); Maintenance and holistic contributions to Open Source projects (documentation, UI/UX design, community, and more) Finally, we’re glad to share that 55% of our employees have been part of Labs for 2 years or more. A plot shows time working at Labs, where 26% respondents have worked at Labs for under 1 year, 17% between 1-2 years, 21% between 2-3 years, and 34% for 3 years or more. Visit labs.quansight.org to learn more about us, and reach out to us at connect@quansight.com Twitter: @quansightai LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quansight/

Over the past year, our team's impact and Labs-supported projects grew, and we made significant strides towards our focus areas.

Read more about it and hear directly from Labs members about key initiatives, including Consortium for Python Data API Standards, Contributor Experience, JupyterLab Accessibility, and a lot more, in the report below:

Download Quansight Labs Annual Report 2023

At Labs, we're just one part of a vast and vibrant open source community. We'd like to thank everyone who supports our ecosystem, even through some challenging times in the tech industry, and we look forward to a promising year ahead!

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