Ollama CEO: Open Model Shift Is Real, Token Usage Up 150x
Key Info
Paul Graham observes a genuine shift toward open-weight models among startups, a trend echoed by Ollama CEO Jeffrey Morgan. Ollama Cloud token usage has grown 150x this year as open models gain ground.
Highlights
- Ollama is used by 9 million developers and 85% of the Fortune 500.
- The shift to open models is driven by coding agents, falling costs, and rapidly improving capabilities.
- Token usage on Ollama Cloud is up 150x since the start of the year.
- Open models are closing the intelligence gap with frontier labs, opening new opportunities for founders.