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Nous Research raises $90M at $1.5B valuation for enterprise AI agents · 3 sources tracked

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Nous Research, an open-source AI lab, has secured $90 million in Series B funding, achieving a $1.5 billion valuation. This funding round, which included participation from notable investors like Nvidia and Union Square Ventures, will support the launch of "Hermes for Businesses." This new platform aims to enable enterprises to deploy customized AI agents for multi-step workflows while ensuring data privacy. The company's open-source Hermes agent has already seen significant adoption, with over 24 million clones and contributing to approximately 2.5% of global AI token usage. AI

IMPACT Accelerates enterprise adoption of customized AI agents and highlights the growing market for specialized AI solutions.

RANK_REASON Significant funding round for an AI lab with a new product launch.

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Nous Research raises $90M at $1.5B valuation for enterprise AI agents · 3 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Nous Research has closed a $90 million Series B, valuing the open-source frontier lab at $1.5 billion. The lab is also launching its commercial Hermes AI agent

    Nous Research has closed a $90 million Series B, valuing the open-source frontier lab at $1.5 billion. The lab is also launching its commercial Hermes AI agent platform, shifting from open-weights research into production business automation. Can open-weight-derived architectures…

  2. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Marina Temkin ·

    Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users

    The developer of Hermes agent raised a $90 million Series B.

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Nous Research has raised a 90M USD Series B at a 1.5B USD valuation to launch Hermes for Businesses, allowing enterprises to deploy customized AI agents for mul

    Nous Research has raised a 90M USD Series B at a 1.5B USD valuation to launch Hermes for Businesses, allowing enterprises to deploy customized AI agents for multi-step workflows while keeping data private. The open-source Hermes agent has been cloned over 24 million times. https:…

    LINKS techcrunch.com/…/nous-research-confirms-i…

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