Ryan Teknium

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Largest round$90MNous Research · 2026 Followers on X133K

About Ryan

Ryan Teknium is a co-founder and lead engineer at Nous Research, a company focused on open AI training and research. He was previously at StabilityAI. Teknium is a key figure behind Hermes Agent, an open-source AI agent that is widely used and designed to be a powerful AI agent for various demographics, including scientists, engineers, and creatives. He is actively involved in the development and promotion of Hermes Agent, frequently sharing updates and new features.

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Why technical builder

Ryan Teknium's background as a lead engineer and his active involvement in developing and promoting Hermes Agent, including its open-source nature and extensive plugin ecosystem, highlight his focus on technical creation and fostering a developer community.

The signals behind it 4

Cofounder and Lead Engineer - Hermes Agent @NousResearch, prev @StabilityAITechnical builder
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I fully intend and have plainly stated many times that I always built hermes to be the most powerful AI Agent.Technical builder
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We are consolidating the official plugins for Hermes Agent into the following mono-repo to enable better issue visibility and to centralize the source to find them all:Technical builder · Community builder
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The plugins catalog had been growing fast! Nearly 500 mods to Hermes that add new capabilities, model providers, memory enhancements, visual components and a lot more!Community builder
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Ryan Teknium | From StabilityAI to Nous Research Founder

2023 → 2026·1phases·nowNOUS RESEARCH

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Network

Backed by 2

RRobot VenturesLed Nous Research's Series B+, 2026

PParadigmLed Nous Research's Seed, 2025

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Built and backed 1

NNous ResearchFounder

Background

Role Cofounder and Lead Engineer
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Timeline, line by line 3

Nous Research raised $90M (Series B+), led by Robot Ventures.Oct 7, 2026
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Launched Hermes IndexOct 6, 2026
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Nous Research raised $65M (Seed), led by Paradigm.Apr 29, 2025
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In their words

“Friendly reminder that Hermes was never built or intended to be exclusively for the "personal assistant" agent that can just read your emails and nothing else. I fully intend and have plainly stated many times that I always built hermes to be the most powerful AI Agent. "Normie" consumers can leverage that and we do what we can to make it an experience they can approach (the mobile app will be almost exclusively focused on consumer) - but they are not our only demographic. I want the scientists”Explaining the broad vision for Hermes Agent beyond a simple personal assistant. · Oct 7, 2026
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“Someone should bring back everquest with AI that was the best MMO of all”Expressing a desire for an AI-powered revival of a classic MMO game. · Oct 10, 2026
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“Most useful thing I think is the new auxiliary model you can set for voice mode specifically. Your main agent can be your heavy hitter for hard jobs, your voice mode can be reasoning disabled superfast models, so you have low latency low wait times for responses”Discussing the utility of a new auxiliary model for Hermes Agent's voice mode. · Oct 7, 2026
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Team at Nous Research

emozillaCo-founder/cto@theemozilla
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Teknium 🪽Cofounder@Teknium
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DillCeo@dillonrolnick
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Calvin NgTeam member@calvinnwq
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𝖕𝖍𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖌Team member@phragg
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Interviews and coverage

Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuationTechCrunch · Jul 13, 2026
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Nous Research, maker of OpenClaws' American rival Hermes agent, in talks to raise new funding at $1.5 bilThe Times of India · Jul 14, 2026
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Nous Research confirms $1.5 billion valuation and launches business AI agentsStartup Fortune · Oct 7, 2026
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Nous Research Raises $90 Million for Open-Source A.I. Agent Hermeswww.trendingtopics.eu · Oct 8, 2026
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Nous Research Nears $75M Funding Round at $1.5B Valuation for Open-Source AI Agent HermesAI Insider · Jul 14, 2026
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OpenClaw Rival Hermes, made by Nous Research, in Talks to Raise at $1.5 Billion Valuationwww.trendingtopics.eu · Jul 15, 2026
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A New Giant in the World of AI: Nous Research Valued at $1.5 BillionZamin.uz · Jul 14, 2026
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How this is researched

Researched from public pages: press, interviews, the company's site and the founder's own posts. Each source logo links the page that states the row; anything we couldn't source is left out. The archetype is our reading of that record, from a fixed set so founders can be compared. Updated Oct 12, 2026.