Ollama — the strategy behind it

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Angles: Moat & Competition

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Moat Anatomy · Moat & Competition

Ollama Built a $65 Million Round on an Engine It Borrowed

Ollama just raised $65 million on 8.9 million developers who install it in one line and never look underneath. What's underneath is llama.cpp - someone else's engine, barely credited for a year - and Ollama's real bet is the same one its founders already sold once, at Docker.

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