Nous Research raises $90 million to expand Hermes into business

Jordan Reid
October 8, 2026
Industry, AI Agents
1 min

Hermes Agent dashboard showing four example sessions — Hermes Agent session dashboard from Nous Research documentation under the MIT license. Converted to WebP for presentation.

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Nous Research says it has raised $90 million as it develops a business offering around Hermes Agent. Its named investors include NVIDIA, Microsoft’s M12, Samsung and several venture firms.

The company describes Hermes for Businesses as a way for organizations to choose models and retain control over their intelligence systems. The announcement presents that offering as work ahead, rather than establishing a general availability launch.

Hermes Agent itself is older. Nous says it released the software under the MIT license in February. The new financing therefore supports expansion of an existing agent ecosystem.

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Hermes Agent session dashboard from Nous Research documentation under the MIT license. It shows the existing agent.

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