Om Malik has taken resigned from his position at Business 2.0, taken venture capital and is focusing on building out his GigaOm blog franchise. Nick Douglas broke the story after Josh Quittner (brilliantly) sent an email to Business 2.0 staff notifying them of Om’s plans. Om was forced to announce early, which he did tonight on his blog.

Congratulations, Om. I look forward to hearing the details and watching you kick ass in the new world we’ve found ourselves in.