How your application is handled
Parts of this process are automated, and we want you to know exactly which ones.
- Automation moves it along. Your answers go into an automated pipeline that keeps the steps in order and keeps our reviewers informed.
- AI reads and summarises, nothing more. We use a Mistral model, run through Scaleway's Generative APIs in the EU, in two places. When you apply on Open Collective, it reads your public page and gives a first impression, which shapes the first email you get from us. Once you send this form, it reads your answers, your Open Collective page and your project's README, and writes a short summary for our reviewers. Your email address is never sent to it.
- A person makes every decision. The AI never approves or rejects an application. A member of the Open Source Europe team reads your application and decides.
Nothing here is hidden. The whole pipeline is open source, so you can read the code on GitHub, and our AI policy explains how we use AI. If anything about the process concerns you, write to home@opensourceeurope.org.