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Kitematic founders nab $65 million USD to help devs run AI models locally with Ollama

The founders of Kitematic raised $65 million USD to develop Ollama, an open-source tool that lets developers run AI models locally. The platform has grown to nearly nine million users.

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The open-source AI developer tool has grown to nearly nine million users.

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