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

Thursday, July 9, 2026


Ollama, an open source tool for running AI models on personal computers, raised $65 million in funding and reported nearly 9 million users as of 2026. The project has accumulated 176,000 stars and nearly 17,000 forks on GitHub. Benchmark Capital backed the funding round.

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

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