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Nous Research in Talks for $1.5B Valuation Funding Round for Hermes AI Agent
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Nous Research in Talks for $1.5B Valuation Funding Round for Hermes AI Agent
The open-source AI agent startup is finalizing a new funding round led by Robot Ventures and USV, raising at least $75 million.
- Nous Research is in discussions to raise at least $75 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, less than three months after its $50 million Series A.
- The company’s Hermes agent, an open-source competitor to OpenClaw, features built-in skills for web search, coding, and image understanding.
- Hermes has amassed roughly 214,000 stars and 40,000 forks on GitHub, with a cloud-hosted version priced from $20 to $200 per month.
- Sources said the new funding will help expand Hermes products and the company’s business model.
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