Fetching from the wire…
Infra2026-07-11 · source-backed
The Series B led by Theory Ventures brings total funding to $88M. Ollama reports 8.9M developers (doubled since January, ~1M installs/week), 67,000+ integrations, and usage in 85% of the Fortune 500 including regulated government, healthcare, and finance. Local inference isn't a hobbyist niche anymore. That last stat is the one to sit with.
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Ollama uses MLX / Shared entities / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Ollama uses MLX); both cover Local, Ollama; earlier Local coverage from 2026-05-06.
Ollama uses MLX / Shared entity: Ollama / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Ollama uses MLX); both cover Ollama; picks up the Ollama thread on 2026-07-12.
Ollama supports Gemma / Shared entity: Local / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Ollama supports Gemma); both cover Local; earlier Local coverage from 2026-06-17.