Contributed by Project Directors Carol Nichols and David Wood. This post covers the Rust Foundation board meeting that happened on March 10, 2026. Read the full March minutes on the Foundation's site. Highlights include: Sid Askary of Futurewei joined to discuss a proposal to create an AI-focused research initiative within…

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The Rust Foundation's Project Directors recap the March 10, 2026 board meeting. Key highlights include a proposal for an AI-focused research initiative, the Symposium project joining the Rust Innovation Lab, early discussions on making crates.io more sustainable and a potential Rust Ecosystem Fund, Canonical joining as a Gold member, the Foundation joining Datadog's Open Source Program, ongoing work to address typosquatting attacks on crates.io, progress on the C++ interop initiative, and RustConf 2026 schedule and ticket announcements including travel grants for active Rust project members.

Project Director Update — March 2026