Nous Research Raises $90M Series B at $1.5B Valuation to Bring Hermes Agents to Enterprises
thione · x · 2026-10-12
Nous Research, maker of the open-source Hermes Agent, raised a $90M Series B at a $1.5B valuation, led by Robot Ventures with Nvidia, Union Square Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Samsung and 1789 Capital participating, bringing total funding to $158M.
- Hermes Agent has been cloned 24M+ times and accounts for roughly 2.5% of global AI token usage
- New capital funds Hermes for Businesses, letting enterprises deploy customized multi-step agents with private data
- Per WSJ, the company hit $36M annualized revenue by mid-September and expects to surpass $100M before year-end
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