Ollama raises $65M as its open-model runner hits nearly 9M developers
Ollama raises $65M as its open-model runner hits nearly 9M developers

Ollama has raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures. Benchmark, 8VC, Y Combinator and others joined. The round takes the company’s total funding to $88M, three years after it launched, and Ollama set out the plan in a blog post on Thursday. Founde…

Being A Good Listener Led This Advisor To A $3.5 Billion Financial Planning Practice

Brian Sak thought he wanted to become a psychologist until he realized how much school it would require. Switching to finance, he soon realized that being a great wealth manager often requires the same skills as a therapist.

This $672 Million New York Life Advisor Left Big Law Because She Didn’t Want To Die At Her Desk

Taiwanese immigrant Tracy Chen ditched a grueling career in corporate law to help wealthy families protect their assets and transfer their wealth to the next generation.

This $1.2 Billion Houston Advisor Started At An Italian Restaurant

Chinese immigrant Reva Azeez says financial planning is like building a house from the ground up. With almost 20 years of experience, she says roofing is now the primary focus of most of her clients.

Jack Dorsey’s Block To Pay $45 Million Fine As States Step In For Withering CFPB

The Trump Administration has gutted the CFPB, but states like Texas, Oregon and New York are targeting payments firms and filling in enforcement gaps.

After 25 years of self-funding, Bezos opens Blue Origin at a $130bn valuation
After 25 years of self-funding, Bezos opens Blue Origin at a $130bn valuation

Jeff Bezos is opening Blue Origin to outside money at last, in a round that values the rocket firm at $130 billion, CNBC reports. It follows Elon Musk’s record SpaceX IPO and pits the two space fortunes against each other again. Blue Origin is raising …

Semiconductor Selloff Deepens As AI Spending Fears Hit Intel

Semiconductor stocks slide as Wall Street questions AI capex growth, erasing $1.3 trillion and putting Intel, Micron and AMD under pressure amid rising rate fears.

Copper Boom Hits A Wall As Substitution Kicks In

The copper boom is hitting a familiar wall as substitution with aluminum gathers pace as the copper-to-aluminum price ration blows out

VW, Again, Said To Need Urgent Survival Reform; Don’t Hold Your Breath

Volkswagen is in crisis again, as critics say it should behave like a normal shareholder-owned company. Despite the huge problems, don’t expect radical action.

Cambridge’s Worldmodeldata raises £7M to turn video games into AI training data
Cambridge’s Worldmodeldata raises £7M to turn video games into AI training data

The last wave of AI learned to describe the world. The next needs to learn how the world pushes back. A Cambridge startup thinks the answer hides inside video games. Worldmodeldata has raised £7m (€8m) to turn gameplay into AI training data, Tech Fundi…