--- title: Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new... description: Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes AI agent, is finalizing a new funding round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation | daily.dev og:description: Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes AI agent, is finalizing a new funding round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nAioJdzdu.png og:image:alt: Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes AI agent, is finalizing a new funding round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures with participation from USV, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. This comes less than three months after its $50 million Series A. Hermes is an open-source agent with built-in skills like web search, coding, and image understanding, capable of learning from user behavior automatically. It has over 214,000 GitHub stars and nearly 40,000 forks. The company also operates a decentralized compute network and offers a cloud-hosted version of Hermes at $20–$200/month. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Hermes and how is it different from Openclaw? Hermes is an open-source AI agent from Nous Research that runs locally on a desktop or virtual private server, or via a cloud-hosted paid version costing $20-$200 a month. Unlike Openclaw, it shipped with built-in skills such as web search, coding, and image understanding, and was designed to automatically learn from usage and build new skills without manual intervention. It has around 214,000 GitHub stars and nearly 40,000 forks. _Developers evaluating open-source AI agents like Hermes can follow ecosystem shifts on daily.dev._ ### How much funding has Nous Research raised and at what valuation? Nous Research is reportedly finalizing a round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures with participation from USV, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. This follows a $50 million Series A round just under three months earlier, bringing prior total funding to $70 million from investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures, North Island Ventures, OSS Capital, and Balaji Srinivasan. _Anyone tracking AI startup funding rounds can keep tabs on deals like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hermes Unlocks Self-Improving AI Agents, Powered by NVIDIA RTX PCs and DGX Spark](https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-unlocks-self-improving-ai-agents-powered-by-nvidia-rtx-pcs-and-dgx-spark-qbql2tn5x) · NVIDIA · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hermes vs. OpenClaw - When to Reach for Which Agent](https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-vs-openclaw---when-to-reach-for-which-agent-xmmpw6lkm) · Kilo Blog · 3 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu"},"datePublished":"2026-07-13T23:33:36.202Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:53:21.890Z","description":"Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes AI agent, is finalizing a new funding round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures with...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f5e4908f8148071a5129fc3bfb5d2bcc?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f5e4908f8148071a5129fc3bfb5d2bcc?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,ai-agents","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation-naiojdzdu#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Hermes and how is it different from Openclaw?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Hermes is an open-source AI agent from Nous Research that runs locally on a desktop or virtual private server, or via a cloud-hosted paid version costing $20-$200 a month. 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