# Michael Chiang

> Michael Chiang is co-founder of Ollama Inc.. Ollama on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Ollama Inc..

Michael Chiang co-founded Ollama, a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company. With Jeffrey Morgan he developed Ollama, an open-source platform for running large language models locally and through hosted cloud models, first released in July 2023. He studied at the University of Waterloo.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchiang0610/
- X: https://x.com/mchiang0610

## What Michael builds

- [Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ollama.md), graded C, 56.6/100, in Local AI. Open-source model runner for macOS, Windows and Linux, with a local API and a library of downloadable models. Co-founder, Ollama Inc., researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Jeffrey Morgan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeffrey-morgan/), Co-founder, Ollama Inc.

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Theory Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/theory-ventures/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)

## Questions

### Who is Michael Chiang?

Michael Chiang co-founded Ollama, a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company. With Jeffrey Morgan he developed Ollama, an open-source platform for running large language models locally and through hosted cloud models, first released in July 2023. He studied at the University of Waterloo.

### What does Ollama Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Ollama from Ollama Inc.. Open-source model runner for macOS, Windows and Linux, with a local API and a library of downloadable models.

### Who has invested in Ollama Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Theory Ventures and Benchmark.

### How are Michael's tools graded?

Ollama is graded C, 56.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ollama
- https://ollama.com/

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