{
  "id": 16538793,
  "title": "Ciphera Bunny: Second Place in HopStart Cohort #3",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ciphera-bunny-second-place-in-hopstart-cohort-3",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T00:43:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ciphera/ciphera-x-bunny-second-place-in-hopstart-cohort-3-3739"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ciphera Bunny secured second place in HopStart Cohort #3, earning $25,000 in credits for its commitment to a privacy-focused European technology stack. Ciphera, a Belgian company, has been leveraging Bunny, a Slovenian-based CDN and DNS provider, for its public edge infrastructure. This decision was driven by the belief that infrastructure jurisdiction is a crucial privacy decision, not just a performance consideration. Bunny shares the same European footing as Ciphera, with GDPR compliance native to its operation in an EU member state. The credits awarded by HopStart serve to enhance Ciphera's edge delivery and fund further evaluation of Bunny's edge platform, storage, and edge compute capabilities. This mutual support highlights the strength of a European technology foundation, emphasizing that it is more than just a marketing slogan but a tangible commitment to privacy and sovereignty.",
  "summary": "Most infrastructure stories are about a company picking a vendor. This one is about two companies making the same bet — that \"European\" can be a technical foundation, not a marketing adjective — and one of them backing the other for it. Ciphera runs its entire public edge on Bunny , the Slovenia-based CDN and DNS provider. This site, Pulse's marketing pages, our documentation — all of it is…",
  "key_points": [
    "Ciphera Bunny placed second in HopStart Cohort #3",
    "Received $25,000 in credits for privacy-focused tech stack",
    "Uses Bunny CDN and DNS provider for edge infrastructure"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}