Jeff Morgan's Ollama raises $65M as local AI becomes a cloud business

The 14-person YC W21 startup says nearly 9M developers use its local AI model runner each month; valuation and revenue remain undisclosed.

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Primary source: TechCrunch

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Ollama shows how open-source AI infrastructure is monetizing: win local developer workflow first, then sell cloud compute when agents and larger models outgrow laptops.

Illustration of Jeff Morgan's Ollama as a laptop connecting to a cloud server, showing its move from a local AI model runner to a cloud business.

Jeff Morgan and Michael Chiang's Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B led by Theory Ventures, Morgan told TechCrunch in a July 9th report, putting fresh venture money behind one of the default ways developers run open-weight AI models on their own machines.…

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