nonprofit

Open Data Institute

Nonprofit co-founded by Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt to champion open data for social and economic benefit. Took stewardship of the Solid Project in October 2024. Initially funded with £10M from UK Technology Strategy Board.

Current Team

Tim Berners-Lee Current

Co-founder

May 1, 2012 – Present

Track Record

Champions open government data and took stewardship of Solid Protocol to continue decentralized web work

Jan 1, 2012

The Open Data Institute has championed open government data since 2012, helping create data.gov.uk and similar initiatives worldwide. In October 2024, ODI took stewardship of the Solid Project from Berners-Lee to continue work on decentralized data architectures that give individuals control over their information.

+ Knowledge Access & Information Freedom + Open Internet & Web Freedom

Sources: Open Data Institute