Ollama
AssessTools
A tool for running local large language models on personal machines.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by product launches, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 31%.
Evidence (2)
- 8Hacker News·7/19/2026fundingOllama raises $88M to expand open-model platform
Ollama announced an $88 million funding round led by Benchmark and other investors to accelerate its open-model platform. The company says it will focus on hybrid inference, day-one support for new open models, and a cloud service that preserves developer ownership and privacy.
- 7Hacker News·7/7/2026product_launchRowboat launches as an open-source local-first alternative to Claude Desktop
Rowboat is a local-first, open-source work app designed to go beyond chat by embedding AI assistants into dedicated work surfaces such as email, meeting notes, browser tasks, coding, and notes. It stores data as Markdown files, supports any LLM including local models via Ollama or LM Studio, and lets users build and install custom apps inside the platform.