Nous Research

Nous Research is an AI research lab creating world-class open source AI.

Latest funding

$90M Series B+ · October 7, 2026

Total raised: $155M across 2 sourced rounds

Website: nousresearch.com.

X: @NousResearch · 292,054 followers.

GitHub: NousResearch.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: AI agents Foundation models and research Developer tools and cloud.

Sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Austin, United States.

Total raised: $155M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Oct 7, 2026 · 39 days ago.

Headcount: 11–50 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@NousResearch · created Oct 20, 2020 (6 years old) · 292,054 followers

Website registeredMar 22, 2023 (3 years old)

About Nous Research

We are best known for Hermes Agent, our open-source AI agent harness, alongside the Hermes series of general-purpose, human-aligned models.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

@NousResearch·Raised $155M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Oct 7, 2026	Series B+	$90M	RRobot Ventures	wsj.com
Jul 19, 2026	Series B+	undisclosed	—	fundraisingfox.com
Apr 29, 2025	Seed	$65M	PParadigm	finsmes.com

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emozilla Co-founder/cto

@theemozilla · source: x.com
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Jeffrey Quesnelle Founder

LinkedIn · Founder profile
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Karan Malhotra Founder

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Ryan Teknium Founder

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Shivani Mitra Founder

@shivani_3000 · LinkedIn
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Teknium 🪽 Cofounder

@Teknium · Founder profile · also Hermes · source: x.com
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Dill Ceo

@dillonrolnick · source: x.com
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Calvin Ng Team member

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𝖕𝖍𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖌 Team member

@phragg · source: x.com

Sources and API

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