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Ollama Raises $88M to Expand Open Model Platform
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- →Ollama democratizes AI by making open models easily accessible to developers.
- →The platform supports privacy and ownership by allowing local model execution.
- →Significant funding will accelerate the development of new features and model support.
Ollama, a platform that simplifies the use of open AI models, has raised $88 million in a funding round led by investors like Peter Fenton and Tomasz Tunguz. The company aims to make AI more accessible by allowing developers to run models on their own hardware, eliminating the need for costly infrastructure. With this new funding, Ollama plans to expand its capabilities, including hybrid inference and support for new models. The platform is already widely used, with 85% of Fortune 500 companies leveraging its services.
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