Chief Wizard and Founder of Open WebUI (formerly Ollama WebUI). Dedicated creator of the platform since its inception as a volunteer project in late 2023.

Executive Team

Tim J. Baek

Founder & Chief Wizard

Lead maintainer and visionary behind the Open WebUI platform.

Founding Story

Started as a volunteer project named Ollama WebUI to provide a ChatGPT-like interface for local LLM runners. It quickly grew into a massive community-led effort, eventually incorporating as Open WebUI, Inc. to support enterprise-grade features.

Business Model

Revenue

Not publicly reported; private entity.

Revenue Model

Open Core with Enterprise Licensing (Business Source License).

Pricing Tiers

Community

Free

Self-hosted, offline-capable, community support.

Enterprise

$30,000/year

Includes 75 seats, SOC 2/HIPAA/GDPR compliance support, and dedicated enterprise support. Additional seats at ~$7/user/month.

Private

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Enterprise Software
Healthcare
Government
Education
Legal Services

Use Cases

On-premise AI deployment
Secure legal and financial AI workflows
Educational AI interfaces
Local development and testing

Notable Customers

Shell
US Department of Energy
University of Tsukuba

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Founded

2025

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

Total Funding

Undisclosed (Seed stage)

Office Locations

San Francisco

Funding History

Pre-seedUndisclosed

2025-05-07

Undisclosed valuation

Undisclosed

History & Milestones

2026-01

Adopted the Business Source License (BSL) for enterprise monetization.

2026-03

Reached over 130,000 stars on GitHub and 300,000+ users.

2025-02

Open WebUI, Inc. incorporated as a legal entity in San Francisco.

2025-10

Published research paper 'Open WebUI: An Open, Extensible, and Usable Interface for AI Interaction'.

2024-02

Project renamed from Ollama WebUI to Open WebUI to reflect support for multiple backends.

Key Capabilities

Self-hosted & Offline-capable

Model Builder

RAG Support

Multi-user Management

SCIM 2.0 & SSO

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Integration

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

Docker
Kubernetes
OpenAI API
Ollama
PyTorch

Key Partnerships

Ollama

NVIDIA

Helicone

Connect

Website

GitHub

X / Twitter

Discord

AI Topics

Open WebUI focuses on these topics:

Local Inference(1)

Conversational Agents(1)

AI Infrastructure(1)

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Open WebUI

To democratize AI by providing an easy-to-install, self-hosted local interface that ensures users own their AI rather than renting it.

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At a Glance

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San Francisco, CAHeadquarters

2025Est.

3Employees

Focus Areas

Local Inference

Conversational Agents

AI Infrastructure

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Self Hosted AI Platform

Local Inference Conversational AI AI Infrastructure

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Latest News

03/18/2026

Community Newsletter: Recent Updates and Feature Highlights

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03/16/2026

Your AI Setup Is Missing a Layer: The Case for Self-Hosted UIs

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03/11/2026

What Would It Take for a Law Firm to Run AI In-House?

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02/27/2026

Open WebUI License Update: Transitioning to Business Source License (BSL)

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Products & Services

Open WebUI (Community Edition)

2023-10

A user-friendly, open-source, self-hosted web interface for interacting with large language models locally or via remote APIs.

Open WebUI Enterprise

2025

Licensed edition offering SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, custom theming, dedicated support, and advanced user management for teams.

Market Position

Leading open-source alternative to ChatGPT Plus and commercial AI frontends, emphasizing data privacy, self-hosting, and extensibility.

Leadership

Founders

Tim J. Baek

Chief Wizard and Founder of Open WebUI (formerly Ollama WebUI). Dedicated creator of the platform since its inception as a volunteer project in late 2023.

Executive Team

Tim J. Baek

Founder & Chief Wizard

Lead maintainer and visionary behind the Open WebUI platform.

Founding Story

Business Model

Revenue

Not publicly reported; private entity.

Revenue Model

Open Core with Enterprise Licensing (Business Source License).

Pricing Tiers

Community

Free

Self-hosted, offline-capable, community support.

Enterprise

$30,000/year

Includes 75 seats, SOC 2/HIPAA/GDPR compliance support, and dedicated enterprise support. Additional seats at ~$7/user/month.

Private

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Enterprise Software
Healthcare
Government
Education
Legal Services

Use Cases

On-premise AI deployment
Secure legal and financial AI workflows
Educational AI interfaces
Local development and testing

Notable Customers

Shell
US Department of Energy
University of Tsukuba

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Founded

2025

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

Total Funding

Undisclosed (Seed stage)

Office Locations

San Francisco

Funding History

Pre-seedUndisclosed

2025-05-07

Undisclosed valuation

Undisclosed

History & Milestones

2026-01

Adopted the Business Source License (BSL) for enterprise monetization.

2026-03

Reached over 130,000 stars on GitHub and 300,000+ users.

2025-02

Open WebUI, Inc. incorporated as a legal entity in San Francisco.

2025-10

Published research paper 'Open WebUI: An Open, Extensible, and Usable Interface for AI Interaction'.

2024-02

Project renamed from Ollama WebUI to Open WebUI to reflect support for multiple backends.

Key Capabilities

Self-hosted & Offline-capable

Model Builder

RAG Support

Multi-user Management

SCIM 2.0 & SSO

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Integration

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

Docker
Kubernetes
OpenAI API
Ollama
PyTorch

Key Partnerships

Ollama

NVIDIA

Helicone

Connect

Website

GitHub

X / Twitter

Discord

AI Topics

Open WebUI focuses on these topics:

Local Inference(1)

Conversational Agents(1)

AI Infrastructure(1)

Back to all developers