Why Nous Research matters
TechCrunch reports on July 13, 2026 that Nous Research is raising at least $75M at a $1.5B valuation in a round led by Robot Ventures with Union Square Ventures, on top of $70M previously raised. Its MIT-licensed Hermes Agent repository reaches 247,000 GitHub stars and 51,900 forks by September 2026. The agent runs from Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp and Signal through one gateway process.
The numberHermes Agent repository reached 247,000 GitHub stars by September 2026
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Quick answers
- What does Nous Research do?
- Open source AI lab behind the Hermes models and Hermes Agent, a self-improving personal agent. TechCrunch reports on July 13, 2026 that Nous Research is raising at least $75M at a $1.5B valuation in a round led by Robot Ventures with Union Square Ventures, on top of $70M previously raised.
- What AI capabilities does Nous Research offer?
- Nous Research publishes open source language models under the Hermes name and offers Hermes Agent, a personal agent that can improve its own behavior over time. Business and technical users can run the models for chat and task assistance and use the agent to carry out multi-step work on a local or self-hosted setup. The lab's products are aimed at people who want model and agent software they can inspect and modify.
- Why is Nous Research on The Agentic 80?
- Nous Research is listed under Browser and general-purpose agents. Agents that use the web and the computer the way people do. Hermes Agent repository reached 247,000 GitHub stars by September 2026.
- Where is Nous Research based, and who owns it?
- Nous Research is based in San Francisco, CA, was founded in 2023 and is private, venture-backed.