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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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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…

Oct 19, 2026
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Let’s see your Nous fit pics

Oct 18, 2026
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Motion.

Oct 16, 2026
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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.

Oct 16, 2026
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Another in-depth review from @zacbowden for @WindowsCentral: windowscentral.com/hardware/nvidi…

Oct 16, 2026
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Watch the full video for more coverage on the hardware, security, and demos. youtube.com/watch?v=sjuisA…

Oct 16, 2026
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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!

Oct 16, 2026
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Thank you @TIME

Oct 16, 2026
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Hermes Agent is the best place to use the new @NVIDIAAI Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Bolt models. NVIDIA benchmarked Super VL on Hermes Bench with a score of 63.44, and compared to similar local models it has up to 5x the token throughput. x.com/NVIDIAAI/statu…

Oct 15, 2026
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An agent for the projects that matter most x.com/alexandermann/…

Oct 15, 2026
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