Ollama Raises $66M, Native App AI & The Economics Cheating Scandal

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This episode covers Ollama's $66M Series B funding led by Benchmark, examining GPU infrastructure costs and developer vs enterprise TAM. The hosts discuss n8n's new native AI agent builder as an alternative to MCP-based agent orchestration, and explore the challenges of integrating AI into creative tools like Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and Notion. Additional segments cover Ornith's self-improving training framework, GLM 5.2 benchmarking against Opus 4.7, and AI agent observability with OpenTelemetry for monitoring token burn and context overflow. Developers and AI enthusiasts interested in the AI tooling landscape will find this news-packed episode valuable.