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Nous Research
Nous Research is an open-source artificial intelligence research lab founded in 2023 to combat the centralization of AI development. The company develops human-centric large language models and the Hermes AI agent, leveraging a decentralized, community-driven approach to model training. Its research has been cited by Meta and DeepSeek, and it has pioneered synthetic data techniques, open-source tool calling, and context window extension methods. Backed by NVIDIA, Microsoft, Samsung, Y Combinator, and others, Nous Research reached a $1.5 billion valuation following its $90 million Series B in October 2026.
Company Founded in 2023
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