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Ollama raises $65M to expand open-source AI model platform · 2 sources tracked

Ollama, an open-source tool that simplifies running AI models on personal computers, has secured $65 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Theory Ventures, with participation from Benchmark and other investors, bringing Ollama's total funding to $88 million. The company, founded by former Docker Desktop creators, aims to make open-weight AI models as accessible as Docker made containers. Ollama reports nearly 9 million developers use its platform monthly, with significant adoption in Fortune 500 companies. AI

IMPACT Accelerates adoption of open-source AI models by making them more accessible to developers and enterprises.

RANK_REASON Significant funding round for a popular AI developer tool with substantial user growth.

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Ollama raises $65M to expand open-source AI model platform · 2 sources tracked

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  1. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Julie Bort ·

    Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

    Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on Github by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Ollama , an # opensource # AI tool that helps developers run AI models on their PCs, raised $65 million in a Series B funding round. The company, founded by f

    # Ollama , an # opensource # AI tool that helps developers run AI models on their PCs, raised $65 million in a Series B funding round. The company, founded by former Docker Desktop creators, has seen rapid growth, with nearly 9 million monthly users and a presence in 85% of the F…

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Ollama has raised 65M USD in Series B funding to expand its open-source AI model platform, which now has nearly 9M developers. The round was led by Theory Ventu

    Ollama has raised 65M USD in Series B funding to expand its open-source AI model platform, which now has nearly 9M developers. The round was led by Theory Ventures with backing from Benchmark, 8VC and Y Combinator. https:// thenextweb.com/news/ollama-65m -series-b-theory-ventures…