Running AI models locally used to be complex. With Ollama, it's a few terminal commands. In this guide, I'll walk through installing Ollama, downloading a business-capable AI model, and connecting it to LivChart for AI-powered dashboard generation — all running locally, no cloud dependency. Step 1: Install Ollama macOS: brew install ollama Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Linux: curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Windows: Download from ollama.com After installation, start the Ollama server: ollama serve Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Step 2: Download a Model For business analytics, I recommend starting with Qwen2.5 7B — it handles multilingual prompts well (including Turkish) and performs reliably for chart generation. ollama pull qwen2.5:7b Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode This downloads approximately 4.7 GB.…