OPEN MODELS ARE EATING CLOSED MODELS' LUNCH

Ollama raised $65M Series B. Open-source AI is now the default for cost-conscious builders.

What: Developers run LLMs locally on PCs. No API calls, no token limits. Founded by ex-Docker engineers.

Proof:
• 8.9M monthly developers
• 176K GitHub stars
• 85% Fortune 500 using it
• 14 employees, 3 years to scale

How: Free desktop tool → GitHub distribution → proved agentic capability → monetized with neocloud subscriptions → scaled to 8.9M users.

Takeaway: Enterprises cutting inference costs. Open models + local compute = new default.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/popular-open-source-ai-developer-tool-ollama-raises-65m-grows-to-nearly-9m-users/

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