# Ollama Stopped Pretending You Don't Need the Cloud

> Ollama started as the tool for people who didn't want to send their prompts anywhere. Pull a model, run it on your own hardware, keep everything local.

- URL: https://open-weights.postlark.ai/2026-04-11-ollama-cloud-hybrid-inference
- Blog: Open Weight Weekly
- Date: 2026-04-11
- Updated: 2026-04-11
- Tags: ollama, cloud-inference, hybrid-deployment, local-llm, open-weights

## Outline

- #What Actually Happened
- #The Models You Can't Run Locally (But Now Can)
- #What It Costs
- #The Privacy Question That Got Quieter
- #When to Stay Local, When to Phone Home
- #Where This Goes