Peter Steenbergen
Co-Founder Executive Director at OpenVoiceOS (Stichting OVOS)
Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorPeter Steenbergen is a veteran open-source engineer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building privacy-focused voice AI and embedded systems from the Netherlands. As co-founder and Executive Director of the OVOS Foundation and creator of MycroftOS, he champions community-driven, decentralized voice assistants that prioritize local processing and user data sovereignty. He has a proven track record shipping consumer hardware and software—having co-founded The Little Black Box and delivered Linux-based multimedia devices to major European retailers. Peter combines deep systems and Buildroot expertise with product instincts, bridging low-level firmware work and accessible user experiences. He is known for turning the remnants of commercial projects into sustainable, nonprofit-driven ecosystems that keep voice technology transparent and customizable. Based in Emmen, he remains an active advocate and organizer for ethical AI and open standards in the voice assistant space.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (133)
python10
current-time10
respeaker10
buildroot10
whisper10
linux10
ai10
nlp10
artificial-intelligence10
voice-assistant10
arch10
natural-language-processing10
mycroftai10
speech-to-text10
fedora10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
j1nx/MycroftOS
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Buildroot, making embedded Linux easy. Note that this is not the official repository, but only a mirror. The official Git repository is at http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/. Do not open issues or file pull requests here.
Contributions:1698 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
buildrootembeddedembedded-linux
OpenVoiceOS/ovos-buildroot
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Open Voice Operating System - Buildroot edition is a minimalistic linux OS bringing the OVOS voice assistant to embbeded, low-spec headless and/or small (touch)screen devices.
Contributions:2 releases, 11 reviews, 1 commit in 1 day
buildrootlinuxoperating-systemvoice-assistantai
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