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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.

Open Source

Leading the American Open Source Movement

We train models, build agents, and develop infrastructure to accelerate adoption of open intelligence globally.

Mission

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.

Research

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.

Announcements

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Slight Correction: Step 5 Preview's final score on Hermes Index has been updated to 32.83, slightly behind GPT-6 Luna (33.89) and GLM 5.3 Flash (34.95) Learn more @ portal.nousresearch.com/bench

Oct 9, 2026
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Step 5 Preview from @StepFun_ai is free on Nous Portal for the next week 600B total / 27B active MoE, 1M context, with vision Step 5 Preview scored 33.89 on Hermes Index, the same score as GPT-6 Luna

Oct 9, 2026
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Hemres Agnet

Oct 9, 2026
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Hermes Agent is now live (and featured) in the @Microsoft Store for seamless one-click install. More updates for the Windows ecosystem coming soon!

Oct 8, 2026
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Oct 8, 2026
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Advancing our mission to deliver ubiquitous powerful agents to everyone, Hermes Agent is on the new ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs: MuseTree and ComfyUI integrations plus local model support on up to 128 GB of unified memory. A complete creative stack that runs on your own machine. x.com/ASUS/status/21…

Oct 8, 2026
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Oct 8, 2026
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Rated E for Everyone

Oct 7, 2026
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@WSJ @nvidia @M12vc @SamsungNext @robotventures @usv @ycombinator @MenloVentures Join us at NousCon to celebrate and perhaps catch some sneak peeks x.com/NousResearch/s… Or come work for us! nousresearch.com/careers

Oct 7, 2026
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As reported in the @WSJ, we have raised a Series B to bring Hermes Agent to new frontiers (and, yes, build a mobile app) Thank you to our investors including @nvidia @M12vc @SamsungNext @robotventures @usv @ycombinator @MenloVentures, among others wsj.com/pro/venture-ca… x.com/dillonrolnick/…

Oct 7, 2026
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