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LLM inference in C/C++

Website
ggml.ai
Repository
ggml-org/llama.cpp
First commit
Stars today
126,875
Forks
22,693

The round

Pre-seed announced 1 Jun 2023

Amount undisclosed
Nat Friedman · Daniel Gross
Source: company announcement, ggml.ai

The repository was 3 months old on the day the round was announced.

Monthly reconstruction

GitHub stars, 1 Mar 2023 – 1 Apr 2026

38 observations · one per month

24,55043,12061,68080,250 1 Jun 2023 — round announced 30,476 89,831 Apr ’23Jul ’23Oct ’232024Apr ’24Jul ’24Oct ’242025Apr ’25Jul ’25Oct ’252026Apr ’26
Stars, reconstructed month by month Funding announcement

What the curve says

Growth was faster before the announcement

In the 92 days to 1 Jun 2023 the repository added 15,509 stars. In the 335 days after, it added 27,117 — a rate 2.1× lower.

30,476
stars on 1 Jun 2023, the last reading before the round
169/day
1 Mar 2023 – 1 Jun 2023, before
80.9/day
1 Jun 2023 – 1 May 2024, after

What this does not show

  • Stars measure attention, not revenue, adoption or retention.
  • Each point is a month-end reading reconstructed from public event data, not a direct observation. Movement inside a month is invisible here, and the level can be understated.
  • A single launch post can produce a step like this without any change in usage.

We have been recording ggml-org/llama.cpp since 1 Mar 2023.

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