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Nous Research, which makes the open-source Hermes AI agent that has hit 22M+ downloads since February, raised $90M at a $1.2B valuation to expand to enterprises (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Nous Research raises $90 million in a Series B and launches AI agents for business users, according to the supplied reporting. The reports give differing company valuations, $1.5 billion and $1.2 billion; one also says its open-source Hermes Agent has exceeded 22 million downloads since February.

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Why it matters

The funding and move toward business users mark a significant expansion for the developer of Hermes Agent. The differing valuation figures mean the exact valuation is not consistent across the supplied reports.

Coverage 2 publishers

  1. TechCrunch

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

  2. Techmeme

    Nous Research, which makes the open-source Hermes AI agent that has hit 22M+ downloads since February, raised $90M at a $1.2B valuation to expand to enterprises (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

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