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Nous Research
Nous Research is a pioneer in open AI training and research. We created Hermes Agent, the most widely used open source agent harness in the world.
We are on a mission to create and proliferate open access to intelligence.
Leading the American Open Source Movement
We train models, build agents, and develop infrastructure to accelerate adoption of open intelligence globally.
Advancing Human Rights and Freedoms
We believe that powerful AI should be in the hands of the many rather than the privileged few. Our aim is to create and democratize access to the world's best intelligence.
Understanding the Intelligence Frontier
Our primary research focus areas include agents, model architecture, data synthesis, fine-tuning, and reasoning, all aimed at advancing our understanding of models and how they can benefit humanity.
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Hermes Agent
The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research. The only agent with a built-in learning loop — creates skills from experience,The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research. The only agent with a built-in learning loop: creates skills from experience,
improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions.improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions.
Jensen closed his GTC Berlin 2026 keynote with this Hermes Agent demo as the finale. He introduced it by saying the way to build an agent is to ask an agent to build it for you, so he installed and set up a customized Hermes in one prompt. Then he used Hermes, running on @nvidia RTX Spark, to create a simulated training environment for the @huggingface Microduck. Hermes planned an obstacle course with Nemotron and had GPT-6 Astra build it using FreeCAD, Omniverse libraries, Blender, Newton, and Isaac Lab. Hermes trained thousands of simulated ducks on that course until the validated policy was ready to run on the real robot in the physical world. At Nous, we believe open source is a practical tool as much as a philosophical ideal. It gives users the ability to build powerful, complex workflows chaining numerous local+cloud models, devices, and tools themselves instead of waiting for a company to enable them.
Krea 3 from @krea_ai is now available in Nous Portal Fast mode does 2k edits in under 8 seconds, and Ultra is a higher quality tier outperforming Nano Banana Pro It supports precise controls: draw a box to create a bounded editing region leaving the rest of an image unchanged, or specify a hex code to apply precise color https://t.co/uomohWX1dw
Look for Nightwing in Dolores Park this Friday for a chance to grab the sold out Rebellion shirt and hang out with fellow Hermes heads x.com/yaboilyrical/s…
Let’s see your Nous fit pics
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Editor's Note: This tweet was intended as satire by our social intern, who did not expect it to be taken seriously. Hermes was not selected for the list as we do not do paid PR placements; we think it is a wonderful invention and perhaps TIME will see fit to recognize it eventually.
Another in-depth review from @zacbowden for @WindowsCentral: windowscentral.com/hardware/nvidi…
Watch the full video for more coverage on the hardware, security, and demos. youtube.com/watch?v=sjuisA…
Hermes Agent is a launch partner for @nvidia's RTX Spark across the new generation of laptops. Pick it in the built-in @Windows agent setup flow, run the new generative onboarding, and get straight to work locally or in the cloud. Linus is impressed!
Thank you @TIME
