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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.


We're giving away one of our famous neon signs (plus a merch bundle) to one random Instagram follower next Friday! Just follow us at instagram.com/nous_research to be eligible x.com/mizzysworld/st…


Submissions for the Hermes Agent Plugin Hackathon closed at 5PM EST, and we received nearly 1,000 entries. Thank you to everyone who built and submitted them! Our judges are working on sorting through submissions to narrow down the top 10 now. Winners will be emailed directly, and we will announce them here in about a week.

We are on Instagram now btw tap in instagram.com/nous_research

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24 hours left to submit your plugin. We've received hundreds of awesome submissions and the judges are excited to review them all! x.com/NousResearch/s…

The Sign in with ChatGPT flow in Nous Portal now supports your ChatGPT Business plan x.com/OpenAIDevs/sta…

With Hermes it's all yours to conquer

Try Fable 5.2 in Hermes Agent x.com/Kshitijjkapoor…






