Nous Research raises $75M at $1.5B valuation

Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes agent, is raising at least $75 million at a $1.5 billion valuation in a round led by Robot Ventures with participation from USV. The round comes less than three months after its $50 million Series A. The company was founded in 2023 by Jeffrey Quesnelle, Karan Malhotra, Ryan Teknium, and Shivani Mitra.