Nous Research

About

Nous Research describes itself as “a pioneer in open AI training and research” (company site, fetched 2026-10-05; vendor self-description). Its decentralised-training effort was described by Blockhead in 2025 as coordinated on Solana.

Products

• Hermes Agent: open-source agent described by the vendor as “self-improving” (GitHub repo listed in Sources); release date and platform details not verified here.
• Hermes models: open language models.
• Nous Portal: web platform for managing and powering Hermes instances.
• Comparison: Claude Code, Codex, Goose, Hermes, Pi comparison.

Funding

• 2025-04: USD 50M Series A led by Paradigm, reported at a USD 1B token valuation (Blockhead, press). A mid-2026 raise is unconfirmed.

Open items

• Founders (reportedly Karan Malhotra, Jeffrey Quesnelle and others), CEO and headquarters were not confirmed from a fetched source; Wikipedia page not found.

Sources

• https://nousresearch.com (fetched 2026-10-05)
• https://www.blockhead.co/2025/04/28/paradigm-drops-50m-on-solana-powered-decentralized-ai-startup-nous/ (fetched 2026-10-05)
• https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent (accessed 2026-09-30)