Jeffrey Morgan
Also known as Jeff Morgan
Jeffrey Morgan is a builder whose AI work helps developers run open-weight models on personal computers. He and Michael Chiang met at the University of Waterloo, built Kitematic for Docker, and joined Docker after its 2015 acquisition. Their team worked on infrastructure security from 2021, then launched Ollama in 2023 as a local model runner. As of October 2026, he is Ollama's co-founder and CEO, and its service also gives developers cloud access to larger models.
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- Ollama
Timeline
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2015
Building Kitematic for Docker
Morgan and Michael Chiang meet at the University of Waterloo and build Kitematic, an open-source tool that helps developers use Docker. Docker acquires it in 2015, and the founders join Docker to improve the developer experience; their work becomes Docker Desktop.
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2021
An infrastructure security tool
In 2021, Morgan starts a security-tool business with his team, and they work on securing infrastructure. Ollama grows out of that project.
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2023
Launching Ollama
Ollama launches in 2023 and helps developers run open-weight AI models on their PCs.
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July 2026
A Series B round
In July 2026, Ollama raises $65 million in a Series B and reaches over 8.9 million developers each month.
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As of October 2026
Leading Ollama
He is Ollama's co-founder and CEO. The product lets developers run models locally and access larger models in Ollama's cloud.
Sources and credits
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