The push for world-class open-source AI just received a substantial injection of capital, with Nous Research announcing a $90.0M Series B funding round. The AI research lab, best known for its Hermes Agent open-source AI agent harness and the human-aligned Hermes series of general-purpose models, has drawn significant investor interest.
A powerful syndicate including Robot Ventures, NVIDIA, Microsoft M12, and Samsung participated in the round. This investment underscores the strategic importance placed on accessible, high-performance AI development by some of the industry's biggest players.


















